22.5 years for Derek Chauvin!

[moon/Laura]

Woohoo! I was worried about how this would turn out. It's still too little, but he's at least going to do time.

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, was sentenced on Friday to 22 and a half years in prison, bringing a measure of closure to a case that set off waves of protest across the nation over police abuse of Black people.

The sentence, delivered by Judge Peter A. Cahill of Hennepin County District Court, came more than a year after a widely shared cellphone video captured Mr. Chauvin pressing his knee on the neck of Mr. Floyd for more than nine minutes along a Minneapolis street. Earlier this year, Mr. Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder, and the sentence followed emotional statements in court Friday by members of Mr. Floyd’s family as well as by Mr. Chauvin’s mother.

www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/us/derek-chauvin-22-and-a-half-years-george-floyd.html?fbclid=IwAR3LKYvjxmaPLg1LARdAb3G-GpX3Rh7LruR_jJu3SMa0hgLDyZwlnw_zS6Y

[mary2029]

While it is still too little, I am surprised at how much it is. Chauvin will need to be in solitary confinement for at least the first 5 years.  

[Artemis Windsong]

The payback in prison will more than make up for any years people would choose. Solitary does not mean safe.

Terrifying.

[Opti]

Jun 25, 2021 17:13:12 GMT -5 mary2029 said:

While it is still too little, I am surprised at how much it is. Chauvin will need to be in solitary confinement for at least the first 5 years.  

I think it was in NY, a bill trying to prevent these holds got rejected by the judge. I'm hoping it will just be tightened up and get passed. 

[busymom]

No sympathy for him.  Plus, he still has to face federal charges, so he could be in jail a LOT longer...

[djAdvocate]

Jun 25, 2021 17:13:12 GMT -5 mary2029 said:

While it is still too little, I am surprised at how much it is. Chauvin will need to be in solitary confinement for at least the first 5 years.  

and he will need to serve for 10, and he will never be a cop again.

[moon/Laura]

Saw in the linked article that his lawyer was going for probation and time served. Fuck that! Plus, with the earliest chance for release being 2035 or 36, that's closer to 15 yrs before the possibility of parole.

[djAdvocate]

how old is he, right now? 30? 40? I know he isn't 50.

[cronewitch]

Jun 25, 2021 21:18:09 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

how old is he, right now? 30? 40? I know he isn't 50.

Chauvin was born on March 19, 1976

[Opti]

Jun 26, 2021 0:10:07 GMT -5 cronewitch said:

Jun 25, 2021 21:18:09 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

how old is he, right now? 30? 40? I know he isn't 50.

Chauvin was born on March 19, 1976

Bing says 45 yrs old. If you don't care about robbing someone of their life, ...
This is not a young kid, this is a full adult male with years on the job.

[Opti]

In NJ, there have been several defacings of George Floyd statues. One of them was in Newark. A White supremcist group. I don't think those groups and some conservatives get that the statues are both about George Floyd and also about all people who died like him. 


www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/25/floyd-statues-defaced-by-hate-group-in-new-york-new-jersey/
Brooklyn one?

[djAdvocate]

I kinda like that defacement.
I don't think it detracts from the piece at all.