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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: 2) by epitaxial on Saturday June 26 2021, @07:30PM (5 children)
You autists always gloss over little things like intent. Oh I'm just out for a midnight stroll with my rifle and a mob happened to appear. The law takes intent into account.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 26 2021, @11:25PM (4 children)
Yes, intent matters. Rittenhouse clearly had the intent to disengage when he ran away. And Rosenbaum clearly had malicious intent when he chased him down the street and caught him. Huber was trying to bash his head in with a skateboard. Grosskreutz has publicly stated he was trying to shoot him with a pistol. Three clear cases of self-defense.
Seriously, have you watched the videos? He is going to be acquitted. If you have seen them, maybe try watching them again, but this time pretend that it is three nasty conservatives chasing and attacking a poor little antifa and see if your perception changes.
(Score: 2) by epitaxial on Monday June 28 2021, @09:08PM (3 children)
If this is a clear case of self defense then why did they bother filing charges?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 29 2021, @02:49AM (2 children)
Appeasement of the mob.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 29 2021, @08:58PM (1 child)
I don't see what the qtarded insurrectionists have to do with this story, pretty sure they'd be happy to let a white supremacist off the hook for murder. You feeling ok bruh?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 30 2021, @01:40AM
No, the other mob. You know, the one that's "mostly peaceful".