People saying that Chauvin should have gotten a more severe sentence because he was a police officer. He did.
One of the reasons he got ten years above the presumptive sentence of 12 and a half years is because he "abused his position of trust and authority as a police officer."
One of the reasons he got ten years above the presumptive sentence of 12 and a half years is because he "abused his position of trust and authority as a police officer."
https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1408800766588903425
The other was because he showed extreme cruelty to George Floyd.
The judge ended up saying the other two aggravating factors, that children were present at the time the crime was committed and the crime was committed as part of a group, were not as significant.
So what you're saying is either sentences for everyone should be higher or that ten additional years is not enough.
I completely get a tweet pointing out that no prison sentence will ever be enough to compensate for taking the life of George Floyd, but when you start talking specifics about why police officers should get higher sentences maybe check the facts and realize he actually did.
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