After years of anti-government political protests and reports of cops being ambushed, a woman runs up to an armed police officer and is shot and killed.
After hours of anti-government political protests and reports of cops being ambushed, a woman runs up to an armed police officer and is shot and killed.
Do you feel differently if I tell you the woman was white?
Do you feel differently if I tell you the cop was Black?
What if I tell you the cop was a Somali Muslim?
What if I tell you the neighborhood was low crime?
What if I tell you she was wearing a Pink Australia Hoodie?
What if I tell you she was wearing a Red MAGA hat?
What if I tell you both jurisdictions were under orange alert for domestic terrorism?
What if I told you each jurisdiction considered this a justified shooting if it were a man rushing a police officer?
Mohamed Noor was the first police officer ever charged or convicted of murder by a Minnesota jury. Michael Byrd has never been charged.
