A former Minneapolis police officer on trial in the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman testified Thursday that he saw fear in his partner’s eyes when they saw a woman in a pink shirt with blond hair appear at the partner’s window and raise her right arm before he fired his gun “to stop the threat.”

Mohamed Noor refused to talk to investigators after the July 2017 shooting of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a dual citizen of the United States and Australia, making his testimony his first public statements since her death.

Damond called 911 minutes earlier to report a possible sexual assault behind her home. She was shot as she approached Noor’s squad car after he and his partner rolled down the alley looking for evidence of a woman in distress.

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s decision to enter the Democratic presidential race is causing consternation among some Democrats, particularly women of color hoping for a nominee who better reflects the nation’s diversity.

At the She the People forum, billed as the first presidential forum focused on women of color, Roxy D. Hall Williamson’s shoulders slumped at the mention of Biden, who made his campaign announcement Thursday.

Biden’s candidacy is likely to reshape the Democratic race, which has put the party’s diversity on display. Black female voters will play a critical role in the Democratic Party’s attempt to defeat President Donald Trump in 2020.

St. Thomas Sophomores Kai Olson and Joe Crosetto are planning to bike four thousand miles across the United States this summer for the Ulman Foundation’s 4K for Cancer race. Olson and Crosetto will be joined by twenty-nine other bikers aged eighteen to twenty five, raising money for young adults with cancer along with spreading awareness. Click here to read the full story.

Justin Amaker can be reached at justin.amaker@stthomas.edu.