Stevie Wonder compares Minneapolis deaths of Daunte Wright and Justine Damond

Stevie Wonder has compared the latest police shooting of a black man in Minneapolis to the ‘swift justice’ handed to a cop who killed white Australian woman Justine Damond in the same city.

Ms Damond was gunned down by Somali-born Minneapolis policeman Mohamed Noor as she stood in her pyjamas outside her home in the US city on July 15, 2017.

The former Sydneysider called 911 to report a possible sexual assault after hearing a woman’s screams in the alleyway beside her home.

Noor was in a squad car’s passenger seat when he opened fire on 40-year-old Ms Damond through the driver’s side window after she approached the vehicle.  

Australian Justine Damond (pictured) was shot dead by Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor as she stood outside her  home in the US city in July, 2017

Daunte Wright, 20, was shot dead on Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn Center after he was pulled over during a traffic stop for what his mother said was air fresheners dangling from his rear-view mirror. He is pictured here with his one-year-old son Daunte Wright Jr. 

The police officer who shot dead Wright during a traffic stop in Minneapolis has been named as Kimberly Potter (left). Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor to sentenced over the shooting death of Justine Damond 

He was convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in April 2019 and sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in jail.

Noor’s attorney’s argued in court he fired the shot to protect his terrified partner, thinking they were being ambushed.

On Sunday, 20-year-old black man Daunte Wright was shot dead during a traffic stop in Minneapolis by a white cop who is a 25-year veteran of the force.

Kimberly Potter, 48, can be heard saying ‘holy s**t, I shot him’ after allegedly accidentally firing her gun instead of her taser during a struggle with Wright.  

Tim Gannon, Brooklyn Center Police Chief, on Monday described the fatal shooting of Wright as ‘an accidental discharge’. 

Wonder, the legendary African-American soul singer, on Tuesday morning (Monday night US time) compared the two shootings in a Facebook post demanding police reform.

Kimberly Potter could be heard shouting ‘Taser!’ several times in the moments before she fired her gun. Immediately after, she can be heard saying: ‘I shot him’. It appears she dropped her gun in the aftermath 

Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder (pictured) took to Facebook to compare the deaths of Wright and Ms Damond, which both occurred in Minneapolis  

Wonder said in his Facebook post ‘Black police and white victim – justice was swift and stiff. What will justice serve this time?’ 

‘Black police and white victim – justice was swift and stiff. Another unintentional police shooting last night – white police and black victim,’ he wrote.

‘What will justice serve this time? A police chief who had made a conclusion without discussing any facts? Will the police officer apologize? 

‘Will the judge ignore leniency? Will this Black victim and his family in Minnesota see swift and stiff punishment? Does this system need reform? Do the math.’

Wonder used his post to repeatedly call for police reform.  

‘How many more black lives will be lost at the hands of police? Black people in this country are dying at the hands of police,’ he said.

Just before sentencing Noor said: ‘I’ve thought and prayed about this for the last two years’.

He said he had owed Ms Damond’s family ‘an apology for a long time’. 

‘I did write them a letter while in jail and now I apologise in-person for taking the life of such a perfect person who was dear to them and so many others.’