Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years for Murder of George Floyd

[Bob Crowley]

I'm not American, so I'm not going to comment on the justice system or the sentence.

Even after he gets out, life will be a struggle. He'll have a criminal record for murder, the criminal underworld and the black population will know who he is, and it will be very difficult for him to find work.

Some former inmates reoffend just to get back inside - that way they know they'll get three square meals a day.

I remember seeing a very frustrated ex-prisoner on the TV here. He was tough, and he said that in prison he was "somebody" - he was feared. Outside he was nobody, couldn't get a job and struggled to live.

It's not surprising that a lot of them gravitate back to their old lifestyle - it's all they know, and they have no other prospects.

 

[loveofourlord]

I'm not American, so I'm not going to comment on the justice system or the sentence.

Even after he gets out, life will be a struggle. He'll have a criminal record for murder, the criminal underworld and the black population will know who he is, and it will be very difficult for him to find work.

Some former inmates reoffend just to get back inside - that way they know they'll get three square meals a day.

I remember seeing a very frustrated ex-prisoner on the TV here. He was tough, and he said that in prison he was "somebody" - he was feared. Outside he was nobody, couldn't get a job and struggled to live.

It's not surprising that a lot of them gravitate back to their old lifestyle - it's all they know, and they have no other prospects.

bad place for it...but the way you put it and what he did, sounds like he will reapply to the academy and go back to jail for shooting someone else on the force.

 

[Humble_Disciple]

Certainly a random act of the environment caused it

Wasn't Floyd a reformed criminal who was active in his church and in charitable causes?

After Floyd's release, he became more involved with Resurrection Houston, a Christian church and ministry, where he mentored young men and posted anti-violence videos to social media.[9][15][41][35] He delivered meals to senior citizens and volunteered with other projects, such as the Angel By Nature Foundation, a charity founded by rapper Trae tha Truth.[42] Later he became involved with a ministry that brought men from the Third Ward to Minnesota in a church-work program with drug rehabilitation and job placement services.[15] A friend of Floyd acknowledged that Floyd "had made some mistakes that cost him some years of his life," but that he had been turning his life around through religion.[35]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd

 

[FireDragon76]

Wasn't Floyd a reformed criminal who was active in his church and in charitable causes?

Floyd struggled with drug addiction and a complicated past, I think that's the most charitable thing that can be said about the matter. He was trying to make his life better, but like alot of Americans in the past year he found himself caught up in overwhelming circumstances. None of that means he deserves the treatment he got.

 

[FireDragon76]

I'm not American, so I'm not going to comment on the justice system or the sentence.

Even after he gets out, life will be a struggle. He'll have a criminal record for murder, the criminal underworld and the black population will know who he is, and it will be very difficult for him to find work.

Some former inmates reoffend just to get back inside - that way they know they'll get three square meals a day.

I remember seeing a very frustrated ex-prisoner on the TV here. He was tough, and he said that in prison he was "somebody" - he was feared. Outside he was nobody, couldn't get a job and struggled to live.

It's not surprising that a lot of them gravitate back to their old lifestyle - it's all they know, and they have no other prospects.

Frankly I find it difficult to understand how Mr. Chauvin could be worthy of anyone's pity or consideration.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Frankly I find it difficult to understand how Mr. Chauvin could be worthy of anyone's pity or consideration.

His sentence did reflect some consideration and pity. It could have been far worse. He got off rather lightly considering what he did.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

Wasn't Floyd a reformed criminal who was active in his church and in charitable causes?

At least Floyd not a murderer. But a cop, that murder him is. No excuses to defend the murder cop.

 

[Whyayeman]

Floyd struggled with drug addiction

I understand that Floyd was addicted to the prescription drug oxycontin, in common with millions of Americans.