Tou Thao was convicted of manslaughter charges for his part in George Floyd's death in May 2020.
  • LeadSoldier@lemmy.world
    54·
    11 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.

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      11 months 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.

      • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
        20·
        11 months ago

        Because prison is supposed to be about rehabilitation and not punishment. If you ban concurrent sentences, you might as well just shoot anyone with 50+ years of consecutive time in the head, it’s a whole lot more humane.

      • zaph@lemmy.world
        11·
        11 months 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.