Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22 and a Half Years For George Floyd Killing

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  1. Jaybird says:

    When I was a kid, people made jokes about how murder would get you 20 years. “Hey, sometimes that’s a bargain”, they’d joke.

    Chauvin did this under color of law.

    That’s, apparently, worth an extra 2.5 years. (That’s pretty darned paltry.)Report

  2. Chip Daniels says:

    Appropriate to note that today, Tamir Rice would have been 19 years old, but will, in 22 years time, still be dead at the hands of a murderous police officer.Report

    • Dark Matter in reply to Chip Daniels says:

      911 operator who didn’t forward the “probably a child” and “probably a fake gun” info to the cops was suspended for 8 days.

      Cop was fired for stuff in theory unrelated but in practice hiding that he wasn’t competent.

      Prosecutor lost an election.

      Feds said this last December they’re not going to do anything.

      Not a lot of punishment in there. In terms of system problems I’d say the DA preventing it from reaching a jury was biggest deal. I find it hard to believe he’d have been convicted but it seems like something that should have been played out.Report

  3. greginak says:

    Punishment is one of many parts of Justice. This will be most of his life gone, which he deserves. It’s on the hard side of the recommendations which seems good to me.Report

  4. CJColucci says:

    No one who knows anything about prison would dismiss 20-plus years as “paltry.”Report

  5. Glyph says:

    I’ll leave aside much discussion of whether he got hammered ENOUGH – I’m pleasantly surprised they they got him at ALL even with such damning evidence, so it seems to me he got nailed to the wall about as well as we could have hoped.

    I just want to comment, again, that modern reality has GOT to get better writers. “Chauvin” for a character name? Are you kidding me? On the nose, much?Report