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| Justine Damond: sunrise memorial for shooting victim held at Sydney beach | Justine Damond: sunrise memorial for shooting victim held at Sydney beach |
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| Family and friends have gathered at a Sydney beach to remember Justine Ruszczyk Damond who was shot dead in a US alley by a Minneapolis police officer a year ago. | Family and friends have gathered at a Sydney beach to remember Justine Ruszczyk Damond who was shot dead in a US alley by a Minneapolis police officer a year ago. |
| Holding pink flowers, dozens of people huddled around a large candlelit heart on the sand at Freshwater Beach, near Manly, at sunrise on Sunday to remember the 40-year-old former Sydneysider. | Holding pink flowers, dozens of people huddled around a large candlelit heart on the sand at Freshwater Beach, near Manly, at sunrise on Sunday to remember the 40-year-old former Sydneysider. |
| Justine Damond: Minneapolis police officer to plead not guilty to murder | |
| Damond was shot on the night of 15 July last year after she called 911 to report hearing a woman’s screams. | Damond was shot on the night of 15 July last year after she called 911 to report hearing a woman’s screams. |
| Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor shot her dead when she approached his police car in the alley. | Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor shot her dead when she approached his police car in the alley. |
| Noor was charged by prosecutors in March with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. | Noor was charged by prosecutors in March with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. |
| Her Sydney-based father John Ruszczyk spoke briefly on Sunday, saying he was waiting for justice. | Her Sydney-based father John Ruszczyk spoke briefly on Sunday, saying he was waiting for justice. |
| “On the way to the beach this morning, the kookaburras were laughing. When we got here we experienced this beautiful sunrise and Justine, because of her senseless killing, will never see the sunrise or hear the kookaburras again,” he told Network Seven. | “On the way to the beach this morning, the kookaburras were laughing. When we got here we experienced this beautiful sunrise and Justine, because of her senseless killing, will never see the sunrise or hear the kookaburras again,” he told Network Seven. |
| “Our communities here at Freshwater and Minneapolis are waiting for judgments.” | “Our communities here at Freshwater and Minneapolis are waiting for judgments.” |
| In the US, Damond’s fiance and friends held a similar vigil in Minneapolis. | In the US, Damond’s fiance and friends held a similar vigil in Minneapolis. |
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