Tou Thao was convicted of manslaughter charges for his part in George Floyd's death in May 2020.
  • Bigmodirty@lemmy.world
    747·
    10 months ago

    Not enough. Let’s remember Floyd got a death sentence with no trial or jury but simply because these cops thought of themselves as judge, jury and executioner.

    • Alwaysfallingupyup@lemmy.world
      01·
      10 months ago

      he didnt die from being choked He died from Fentanyl. The cop that did the knee DEFINITELY she be locked up ! The other two kicked off the force maybe. But not jail time

      • jossbo@lemmy.ml
        1·
        10 months ago

        Weird that he died from fentanyl at the exact same time was he was being choked to death

        • Warfarin@lemmy.world
          01·
          10 months ago

          Well no because an overdose of fentanyl induces that

          Guess you never saw the trial or the video of how Saint Fentanyl acted prior to being restrained

          • Phantom3805@lemmy.world
            1·
            10 months ago

            Medical examiner testified saying fentanyl was a contributing factor but not the direct cause of death. George Floyd was murdered and people like you are essentially saying he deserved to die because of his behavior. Cops are not the judge, jury, and executioner, and if they were capable of holding him down and killing him then they were capable of handcuffing and arresting him, but chose not to.

  • LeadSoldier@lemmy.world
    412·
    10 months ago

    He is doing 57 months because he is serving for multiple crimes simultaneously.

    Police who violate the law should not be allowed anything but the maximum sentence non-concurrent with other crimes.

    But cops protect those who have power and those who have power. Don’t want to piss off the cops so here we are.

  • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    342·
    10 months ago

    Good, but it kinda ticks me off the he gets to serve this sentence at the same time he’s seeing a 3-year for the civil rights conviction… like rather than 8 years, it maxes out at 5, and that’s some bullshit.

    All four former police officers involved in the incident were convicted on federal civil rights charges, in addition to state murder charges for Mr Chauvin. Ex-officers Thomas Lane and J Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Thao, who was sentenced to three and a half years over his civil rights conviction, will serve the 57 months at the same time.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    20·
    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    A former Minneapolis police officer has been sentenced to 57 months (almost five years) in prison for his role in the death of George Floyd.

    The officer, Tou Thao, was found guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter by a Minnesota judge in May.

    Ex-officers Thomas Lane and J Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.

    Thao, who was sentenced to three and a half years over his civil rights conviction, will serve the 57 months at the same time.

    The former officer had waived his right to a jury trial in the manslaughter case, opting instead for Judge Peter Cahill to determine the verdict.

    Judge Cahill added that Thao’s actions “were even more unreasonable in light of the fact that he was under a duty to intervene to stop other officers’ excessive use of force and was trained to render medical aid”.

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  • Warfarin@lemmy.world
    223·
    10 months ago

    Imagine someone dying from a drug overdose and you get the blame for it when he was a danger to himself and everyone around him thrashing around

  • Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works
    332·
    10 months ago

    Entirely political. Police do the same thing all over but because it was a black man on cellphone video the entire black community rioted and burned everything down for a month. Should they have been convicted? Probably. Was it deliberate? Most likely not. Dude was hopped up on fentanyl.

      • Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works
        216·
        10 months ago

        Oh sorry my bad. What I meant to say is he was high on drugs and had an extensive criminal history. He started the encounter by fighting the police. Don’t fight the police.

        • philpo@feddit.de
          9·
          10 months ago

          Neither point is any reason to even remotely justify what happened to him. Not even one bit.

          • Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works
            114·
            10 months ago

            Why not? If somebody fights against you as a cop you’ll be less likely to let up and allow them room to escape. Most people would be fine in that situation. It was kind of a freak accident.

        • Warfarin@lemmy.world
          113·
          10 months ago

          Sadly the left adore the race baiting politics of this stunt

          They need this to feel virtuous. They ignore all the evidence of saint fentanyl and his drug journey