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Somali killer cop Mohamed Noor put his service weapon to a driver’s head during a routine traffic ticketing stop prior to the Justine Diamond shooting and had been flagged by police academy trainers as potentially problematic recruit.

According to the Twin Cities Fox news station Channel 9:

The former Minneapolis police officer charged in the shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond once put a gun to a driver’s head during a traffic stop and sometimes ignored calls, according to court filings indicating that psychiatrists and training officers voiced concerns about his fitness for duty. The revelations surfaced after defense attorneys filed a motion Wednesday seeking to dismiss murder and manslaughter charges against Mohamed Noor, who is accused of shooting Damond in July 2017 after she dialed 911 to report a possible assault. In a response filed Wednesday, Hennepin County prosecutors said Noor was flagged by two psychiatrists during a pre-hiring evaluation in early 2015. The psychiatrists said he seemed unable to handle the stress of regular police work and exhibited an unwillingness to deal with people. The psychiatric evaluation said Noor was more likely than other candidates to become impatient with others over minor infractions, have trouble getting along with others, to be more demanding and to have a limited social support network. The psychiatrists said he “reported disliking people and being around them.”

Noor fatally wounded Australian yoga teacher Justine Damond when she approached Noor’s squad car after calling in a 911 report of a possible sexual assault in the alley behind her home.

Noor fired the fatal shot across his partner, who was in the squad’s driver seat.

Damond was clad in light pajamas and was not carrying a weapon.

Local radio talkers (KTLK 1130) Justice & Drew discussed the Noor revelations this morning.

Podcast link here

Several callers claiming to be local LEO call in to say that concerns about Noor were apparent at the police training academy but that then Mayor Betsy Hodges had decreed Noor to be The One to be the first Somali cop in Minneapolis.

Like all call-in radio these “reports” are best taken with a grain of salt.

Interesting listening though.