Darren chauvin to be sentenced Friday

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday when he could face decades in prison.

Prosecutors are calling for a 30-year sentence, saying the former officer "brutally murdered Mr. Floyd, abusing the authority conferred by his badge." For someone with no criminal history, Minnesota sentencing guidelines suggest a range of just over 10 and a half years to 15 years in prison.

Just up the road about 10 miles away from the court house that heard the Floyd murder trial.

the union president and 26 year training officer shot a man mistaking a great big green taser for a glock handgun. 

Obviously there are systemic problems in the training of police in Minnesota. 

Killing a couple people in prison is not going to fix their public safety institutions. 

Minneapolis Police didn't used to specifically track carjackings until the surge last year. 

MPD reports 405 carjackings in 2020, a rise, they say, of 301% over 2019. 

So far this year, there have been 95 carjackings, an increase of 53 percent from this time last year.

In searching for a reason for the sustained increase in violent crime, many people blame the COVID-19 pandemic, given the fact crime has risen in many cities across the country.

And some have blamed the "defund police" movement, even though those measures have not yet passed.

The shootings and homicides so far in 2021 have gotten even more attention because of the innocence and age of some of the victims, including 6-year-old Aniya Allen and 9-year-old Trinity Ottoson-Smith. No one has been charged yet in their deaths.

We received a state wide alert on TV about this scumbag with a full description of this POS. Usually this is reserved for "Amber" alerts for missing kids.