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posted by martyb on Friday June 25 2021, @08:45PM   Printer-friendly

(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


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @01:48AM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @01:48AM (#1149458)
    You'll have no problem getting me to agree that they're stupid, I mean they attempted to execute a 'stop the steal' plan that smarter people pointed out to them LONG before the 6th could not work. However, they were in the building trying to find specific people... targets, and that's a different mission than vandalism. The reason he's trying to draw attention to the 'setting fires' bit is because he's trying to distract you away from a rather damning detail about how the pro-Trump crowd acted that day.
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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by khallow on Saturday June 26 2021, @02:45AM (7 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday June 26 2021, @02:45AM (#1149475) Journal

    However, they were in the building trying to find specific people... targets,

    Do you have evidence of this? I remain interested in your choice of hill to die on.

    • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:21AM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:21AM (#1149485)

      https://www.revolt.tv/news/2021/1/10/22223599/capitol-rioters-hunting-mike-pence-nancy-pelosi [revolt.tv]

      Their intentions were clear no matter where you move the goal posts.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:25AM (5 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:25AM (#1149486) Journal

        Their intentions were clear no matter where you move the goal posts.

        In other words, some chanting and a fake gallows. So do you have evidence to go with that?

        • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:31AM (4 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:31AM (#1149488)

          I have already given you more evidence than you'd need were the political lines flipped. You got evidence they were there performing a bake sale for charity?

          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:52AM (3 children)

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:52AM (#1149492) Journal

            I have already given you more evidence than you'd need were the political lines flipped.

            Like with certain protests/riots in Portland, Oregon and Washington, DC from last year? You don't get my political line. It hasn't flipped.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @04:25AM (2 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @04:25AM (#1149505)

              Like with certain protests/riots in Portland, Oregon and Washington, DC from last year?

              "They weren't trying to violently overthrow the government but they're exactly like a group of people I imagine want to violently overthrow the government." lol

              • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday June 26 2021, @12:08PM (1 child)

                by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday June 26 2021, @12:08PM (#1149595) Journal

                "They weren't trying to violently overthrow the government but they're exactly like a group of people I imagine want to violently overthrow the government."

                Indeed. Because I don't view either group as trying to violently overthrow the government. Here's [soylentnews.org] my evidence why I believe that. My view is that as long as your argument consists solely of chants and shoddy stage props, it's not evidence because it doesn't distinguish between the alleged "violent overthrow" of government and a protest.

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:29PM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @03:29PM (#1149657)

                  Oh please, that was a display of accidental honesty written in a haste to respond and you know it. We've all seen the footage, we know why they were there because, like you, a bunch of people talked just a little too much.