Endless sanctimony continued as an officer was sentenced for failing “to save George Floyd” while elsewhere, thought police were swift to punish opinions on the matter.
On Monday, former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao stood before Hennepin County Judge Peter A. Cahill where he spoke for roughly 20 minutes on his Christian faith. After being convicted in May for aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter, his impassioned speech as “witness for Jesus” was met with disinterest from the court.
“Mr. Thao, to be perfectly honest, after three years of reflection, I was hoping for a little more remorse, regret, acknowledgment of some responsibility and less preaching,” Cahill said as he sentenced the former cop to 57 months in prison on top of the three-and-a-half year sentence for his Feb. 2022 conviction of violating Floyd’s civil rights at the time of the May 2020 arrest.
Reacting to the news, Matt Wallace posted on X, “All he did was ask people to step back (as he is trained to do) while Derek Chauvin pinned Floyd down.”
“There is no way Tou could have known the criminal behind him was overdosing. It isn’t easy to act perfectly anyway when adrenaline is pumping in the moment like that. You never know if someone you are arresting has a buddy with a gun about to show up… it was imperative for him to be vigilant of the surrounding instead of focusing on the other officer’s job,” the post continued. “He did exactly what he was taught to do!”
NEWS ALERT: (Footage) Minneapolis police Officer Tou Thao sentenced to 5 years in prison for the death of George Floyd.
All he did was ask people to step back (as he is trained to do) while Derek Chauvin pinned Floyd down.
There is no way Tou could have known the criminal… pic.twitter.com/ljcNDf7zhY
— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) August 8, 2023
“Despite knowing he’s innocent and that this is all politically motivated, Officer [Thao] chooses not to get angry and instead asks if anyone wants him to pray for them. His family misses him dearly and he will now be absent from a huge portion of their lives. Even after he gets out, he will now have no way to provide financially for his family. This is how he is treated after decades of service to our community! Meanwhile, rioters from the protests afterward are getting literal paychecks in some places and facing little to no consequences for burning down entire cities and causing dozens of deaths,” added Wallace.
As previously reported, cities like Philadelphia had reached large settlement agreements with Black Lives Matters protesters after they sued the city for police response to their violating the law to gripe about Floyd’s death while in police custody.
Philadelphia reaches seven-figure settlement with #BLM protesters over ‘physical and emotional injuries’https://t.co/jFSSXcoMpm
— American Wire News (@americanwire_) March 21, 2023
Law enforcement hasn’t been alone in taking the brunt of the corporate media narrative on Floyd either as last week NASCAR driver Noah Gragson was suspended indefinitely after the racing association learned that the young man had committed a grave cultural sin in liking a meme that made light of Floyd’s death.
The image, as later shared by Dr. Simon Goddek, features the face of George Floyd superimposed on the body of Sebastien the crab from the remake of “The Little Mermaid” film with the tagline, “UNDER DA KNEE.”
NASCAR driver Noah Gragson has been suspended indefinitely after liking this meme about George Floyd.
Do you think it’s justified? pic.twitter.com/LV0dt0pR2p
— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) August 5, 2023
For that grievous fault, Gragson issued an apology stating “I am disappointed in myself for my lack of attention and actions on social media. I understand the severity of this situation. I love and appreciate everyone. I try to treat everyone equally no matter who they are. I messed up plain and simple.”
Cahill went on to pontificate at Thao’s sentencing while naming the other officers found guilty for their parts at the time, “Suffice it to say that I think your culpability is less than Mr. Chauvin, but well above Mr. Kueng and Mr. Lane, as an experienced senior officer who was in the best position to save George Floyd. Accordingly, it’s my belief that a sentence at the top of the range would be condign punishment.”
Meanwhile, in one of many examples of the skewed justice system, the social media account End Wokeness pointed out the sentencing of a Rochester man of around six months in jail. His crime: raping girls between the ages of four and nine years old.
Child rapist? 180 days
Officer who happened to be there when George Floyd died? 4 years, 9 months pic.twitter.com/Kpf6FgTR3U— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 8, 2023
This is a travesty of justice.
— NoBunko (@Nobunko1) August 8, 2023
We are living within a broken Justice system. All too often Justice is not served properly. What a shame
— Jason Goldberg (@jaggoldberg66) August 8, 2023
How does this happen?
The judicial system can’t be this broken right?— Pizanater (@Pizanater101) August 8, 2023
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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