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(This is from the first link I found online.)
Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years for George Floyd Murder:
Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, a Black man, was sentenced to 22 and half years in prison Friday.
[...] The 22 1/2-year sentence is 10 years more than the state’s guidelines and Cahill justified the longer sentence citing “aggravating factors”.
In his ruling last month, Cahill found that prosecutors had shown there were four aggravating factors that would allow him to hand down a longer prison term than sentencing guidelines would dictate.
The judge agreed that Chauvin abused his position of trust and authority; that he treated Floyd with particular cruelty by kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes, even as Floyd declared “I can’t breathe”; that he committed the crime as part of a group with three other officers; and that he committed the murder in front of children.
The prosecution had requested Derek Chauvin serve 360 months (30 years) in prison. The defense requested 150 months (12.5 years).
From Wikipedia:
On April 20, 2021, a jury, consisting of six white people and six people of color, found Chauvin guilty on three counts: unintentional second-degree murder; third-degree murder; and second-degree manslaughter
Derek Chauvin, 45, was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The jurors deliberated for more than 10 hours over two days before coming to their decision.
Also at: NY Times, NBC News, Newsweek.
Previously:
Police Bodycam Footage Shows George Floyd Arrest in Detail
George Floyd Dead - Officers Fired and Charged - Discuss it Here
(Score: 5, Insightful) by helel on Saturday June 26 2021, @12:58AM (15 children)
I really hope some day you take a step back and think real hard about whether or not terrorists trying to overturn an election should be a partisan issue.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday June 26 2021, @01:13AM (14 children)
That is a remote possibility. The longer partisan left/dem/progressives defend the violence in Portland and other cities around the nation, the less likely that is to happen.
Democrats actually FUNDED that violence, sending funds to rioters so they could post bail.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Matthew 7:3
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday June 26 2021, @01:41AM (11 children)
Tell me something, was the Portland violence an attempt to overthrow the Constitution and lawfully-elected incoming government of the entire country?
No?
That's what the fuck I thought. Christ, you gun-fellating nutjobs are insane. You speak of the Constitution as if it were the fourth person of the holy trinity but then take every possible opportunity to wipe your asses on it. You are an embarrassment to every REAL soldier, seaman, marine, and air force pilot who has ever served or will ever serve.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0, Troll) by khallow on Saturday June 26 2021, @02:52AM (2 children)
Maybe. What were the intentions of the people involved?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:03AM
Ask Runaway, since he seems to know their intentions :) Kinda hard to overthrow the government when you're ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FUCKING COUNTRY FROM THE CAPITOL THOUGH. Just a thought...!
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2, Insightful) by aristarchus on Saturday June 26 2021, @08:45AM
khallow, you ignorant Knut! (Qhat was it that Dan Akroyd used to call Jane Curtin? Not politically correct, but fits the khallow to a tee.)
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:14AM (2 children)
Got a good friend in Portland. She's telling me that protesting anything at the drop of a hat is Portland-normal.
>Christ, you gun-fellating nutjobs are insane.
9/11 veteran here. How many deployments have you had?
>You speak of the Constitution as if it were the fourth person of the holy trinity
Separation of Church and State. Try again.
>but then take every possible opportunity to wipe your asses on it.
You sound CCP.
>You are an embarrassment to every REAL soldier, seaman, marine, and air force pilot who has ever served or will ever serve.
My HFP(Hostile Fire Pay) was $3 a day under Operation Southern Watch.
Hey, internet tough girl, what happens when you get outed as a dumbass? AGAIN???
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @06:19AM
?????
Seriously, did you have any point? All I see is impitent rage without a grounding point.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 27 2021, @07:46AM
Try again liar. HFP was not $3 a day during Operation Southern Watch. In fact, it has never been $3 a day, according to the DoD.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday June 26 2021, @11:11AM (2 children)
CHOP/CHAZ yadda yadda yadda. Yes, your anarchists most definitely were overthrowing constitutional authority. Yes, the 'Murican Left routinely wipe their asses with the constitution. Thanks for playing though. Portland was little different than Seattle's CHAZ. The anarchists and asswipes simply ran into more determined resistance.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 28 2021, @12:31PM (1 child)
LOL, you're a fucking clown runaway. If you had a spine, you'd be an anarchist too, or at least a sovereign whackjob. Instead, you swallow the cock of the authoritarian nanny state like it was manna from heaven, then try to act all tsundere like you wish you could Lewinski Biden.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 28 2021, @12:47PM
Strange. You've confused the CTRL-Left with basically everything else. Are you even sentient? You can't even keep the sound-bytes and talking points straight.
(Score: 3, Touché) by epitaxial on Saturday June 26 2021, @07:39PM (1 child)
If only Ashli Babbit had simply complied with the lawful orders of the police...
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 28 2021, @12:52PM
I'm not big on that whole "compliance" thing. But, Ashli went too damned far. Whatever crimes others may or may not have committed on Jan 6, Ashli was actively breaking and entering into a secured space, with some number of elected officials sheltering inside. Ashli, as much as anyone, maybe more than anyone, gives credence to that whole "insurrection" story that the left is promoting. It is easy to argue that if Ashli had been permitted inside, she would have been followed by more people, who would actually have attacked those officials inside.
Babbit pretty much got what she deserved.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by helel on Saturday June 26 2021, @01:54AM (1 child)
Lets pretend for a moment that it's the protesters, rather than the police [aljazeera.com], that have killed three people a day for the past year. Even if that were true there is a world of difference between demanding a murderer stand accountable for their actions and trying to overthrow the democratic process.
The former might be distasteful if you feel killing humans should be legalized but the laters is a direct attempt to destroy our constitution.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 28 2021, @01:02PM
3 people a day. If that is accurate, I'm amazed at such a low number. That includes carjackers, bank robbers, rapists, mass shooters, robbers, and other violent offenders, I presume? 10, or even 20 people per day wouldn't surprise me one bit, to be honest.
No, I'm not defending the police for every shooting. Cops are often too quick to shoot, and often enough the shooting is unjustified. But, 3 people per day, in a nation of 350 million? Whoop-ti-do.
Let's be more discriminating, and only prosecute and convict the bad cops. That, and break that "thin blue line" mentality, that pits cops against the world. Fuck the thin blue line - I want cops who are responsible. I want cops who want to send EVERYONE home safely at the end of the day - including petty criminals, and even more serious criminals who don't threaten anyone's lives.
The color of someone's skin should have zero bearing on how he is treated, either by the cops, or by the community.