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Minneapolis ex-officer sentenced to nearly 5 years in Floyd killing

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Minneapolis ex-officer sentenced to nearly 5 years in Floyd killing

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News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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Tou Thao was sentenced for aiding and abetting manslaughter in the 2020 killing of George Floyd.

Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was sentenced on Monday to 4-3/4 years in prison for aiding and abetting manslaughter in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, a Black man whose neck was pinned to the ground by another officer’s knee during a botched arrest.

The sentence, meted out by Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill, was more than the 4-1/4 years requested by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.

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I wonder why he got the longest sentence out of the other two. I feel like actually restraining him is worse than holding a crowd back.
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  He didn’t take a plea deal. The others did.
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    I also read that he showed no remorse and that pissed the judge off.

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