Nimao Ali's path from Somali immigrant to black youth plan advisor

On the morning of July 24, 2016, a shaken Nimao Ali surprised herself by picking up her cellphone and shooting a video.
From the balcony of her Hilda Street apartment, Ali aimed her camera below at two Ottawa police officers crouched next to a handcuffed and bleeding Abdirahman Abdi. Only later did Ali notice her six-year-old son at her feet, watching the scene.
“I couldn’t believe it. I had to record it to believe it,” said Ali in an interview last week.
Abdi, badly injured du