“Sometimes I wonder myself if there is even a need for a police oversight board anymore,” member Scott Paul said. “I don’t feel like we have any value to the Fargo Police Department at this point.”
When asked why Barakat's guns couldn't have been taken away when someone claimed he could become a mass shooter, an advocate for stronger gun laws said officers didn't have the law behind them.
It's the second violation for the popular Fargo nightclub after the Fargo City Commission on Tuesday upheld a violation from another overserving incident last summer.
In one instance, Mohamad Barakat reported a burglary at his apartment a month before he opened fire on Fargo police officers and fatally shot one. Another detailed concerns he may be suicidal.