Tou Thao was convicted of manslaughter charges for his part in George Floyd's death in May 2020.
  • Bigmodirty@lemmy.world
    1019·
    1 year 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.

      • Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml
        486·
        1 year ago

        He prevented citizens from coming to George Floyds aid. He essentially protected the cops killing Floyd from people trying to save him.

        • joejoefashosho@lemm.ee
          33·
          1 year ago

          And one of the onlookers that was trying to intervene was a first responder. She testified in her fire department uniform.

      • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caEnglish
        131·
        1 year ago

        4 officers on scene. Iirc 2 normal officers, 2 rookies like first week. He was a normal officer and went on crowd control while the other officer knelt on the guy’s neck. The 2 rookies looked on.

        • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
          29·
          1 year ago

          The fully trained, but still new to the force rookies held Floyd down while Chavin executed him. They were not passive bystanders. One of the rookies said they should move him, but did not. That rookie was given some leniency for trying to do the right thing, but still convicted because he didn’t actually do it.

          This asshole stopped a crowd that was begging to help save floyds life, including a paramedic/firefighter that told them Floyd was dying. He then told jokes as floyd choked to death, begging for his mother.

          It’s all on video, all 9+ minutes. You can watch the whole murder in real time. Go do it if you doubt any of the above.

          All 4 officers could have made different and better choices that day, but instead all 4 opted to either murder a man or let a man be murdered. They all got what they deserved.

        • jackpot@lemmy.ml
          42·
          1 year ago

          in fairness, i have sympathy for the rookies. two much more experienced senior officers lead the way and i can easily imagined they doubted themselves in their presense. they just looked on. they should get punished sure but i get it. the other two however, long fucking stay in jail please.

    • Alwaysfallingupyup@lemmy.world
      568·
      1 year 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
        471·
        1 year ago

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

        • Warfarin@lemmy.world
          227·
          1 year 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
            20·
            1 year 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.

  • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    633·
    1 year 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.

  • LeadSoldier@lemmy.world
    544·
    1 year 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.

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      122·
      1 year ago

      I don’t even understand why concurrent sentences exist. if you do multiple crimes you should serve time for them all, regardless of who you are.

      • zaph@lemmy.world
        11·
        1 year ago

        It makes some sense when multiple crimes were committed but it was one event. Robbing a liquor store becomes several different crimes with their own max sentences. Sure there were multiple laws broken but they only did one thing. The issue is how grey that line becomes and how much authority a judge has over a crime’s punishment and when you factor in things like if the robber shot the clerk.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    26·
    1 year 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”.

    I’m a bot and I’m open source!

  • Warfarin@lemmy.world
    223·
    1 year 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