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Man, 20, sentenced to 15 years for arson amid Baltimore rioting
Baltimore Sun ^ | 6/24/2016 | Jessica Anderson

Posted on 06/28/2016 5:19:49 AM PDT by simpson96

A 20-year-old man who was seen in widely circulated photos squirting lighter fluid on a pile of propane cylinders during the rioting in Baltimore in April 2015 was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison.

Donta Betts of Baltimore pleaded guilty in March to making a destructive device near the intersection of Pennsylvania and North avenues on April 27, 2015. He also pleaded guilty to shooting a woman in the leg over a $20 drug deal on July 2, 2015, federal prosecutors said in court Friday.

"Donta Betts engaged in arson, looting, assault and other mayhem during the Baltimore riots," U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said in a statement. He said Betts' actions around the city during the riots included looting and throwing rocks at police officers.

In an email, Rosenstein said the case was not just about what happened during the riots, but also about the increase in violence across the city last year.

"This man was an armed drug dealer, and because he was carrying a gun, he used it to try to kill a woman over a $20 drug debt," Rosenstein said.(snip)

Betts' attorney, Shari Heather Silver, asked the judge to consider Betts' youth and his "cognitive limitations." She described her client as a "scared, remorseful individual" who is functionally on the same level as a child. Silver said she has noticed an emotional decline in Betts since working with him and at times has seen him fighting back tears.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltimore; dontabetts; marilynmosby; maryland; rawlingsblake; riots

1 posted on 06/28/2016 5:19:49 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

She described her client as a “scared, remorseful individual” who is functionally on the same level as a child.

He shot a woman!! And he tried to blow up propane cylinders!! He’s not on the same level as a child.


2 posted on 06/28/2016 5:22:52 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: simpson96
A thread from yesterday with some 30 comments if anyone is
interested in reviewing them.

Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Arson, Looting During Riots ^


3 posted on 06/28/2016 5:26:10 AM PDT by deport
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To: AppyPappy; All
She described her client as a “scared, remorseful individual” who is functionally on the same level as a child. He shot a woman!! And he tried to blow up propane cylinders!! He’s not on the same level as a child.

OK. He needs "time out" ...
...for 20 yrs...
...Go to your new room!

4 posted on 06/28/2016 5:27:10 AM PDT by Colofornian
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To: AppyPappy

So, society can’t hold him responsible.... And all of the others have a similar excuse. Putting him back on the street probably is not a good thing. It is a sad plight, but it is the best option.


5 posted on 06/28/2016 5:31:07 AM PDT by rovenstinez (Har)
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To: simpson96

See! Sometimes there are consequences to your actions. It’s about time!


6 posted on 06/28/2016 5:35:09 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: AppyPappy
Betts' attorney, Shari Heather Silver, asked the judge to consider Betts' youth and his "cognitive limitations."

Racism from his own attorney! Yo' Honah, can I gets me a miss-trial?

7 posted on 06/28/2016 5:38:29 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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Fifteen years of training in ‘Crime U.’
Fifteen years of making criminal contacts.
Fifteen years of gym time to get ripped.
Then they release him at 35, the prime of his life.

Good planning that.


8 posted on 06/28/2016 5:49:39 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: AppyPappy

Another of 0bama’s sons - what a surprise.


9 posted on 06/28/2016 5:51:59 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: AppyPappy

S.Rawlings-Blake should get 10 years along with Marilyn (”I’m gonna be big one day”) Mosby .


10 posted on 06/28/2016 5:53:49 AM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: ISIS is Islam without the lipstick :-()
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And he tried to blow up propane cylinders!!

He tried to blow them up by standing over them while they were lit up and continued to douse them with lighter fluid. I agree he is not on the same level as a child, probably barely on the level of a chimpanzee.

11 posted on 06/28/2016 5:54:43 AM PDT by LambSlave
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I was wondering how the lame brained prosecutors in Baltimore got a conviction,now I see it was federal, makes sense


12 posted on 06/28/2016 5:58:23 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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“A 20 year old man”

Wonder what he looks like


13 posted on 06/28/2016 8:05:24 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
...was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison. Donta Betts of Baltimore pleaded guilty in March to making a destructive device... He also pleaded guilty to shooting a woman in the leg over a $20 drug deal on July 2, 2015, federal prosecutors said in court Friday... Betts' actions around the city during the riots included looting and throwing rocks at police officers... "This man was an armed drug dealer, and because he was carrying a gun, he used it to try to kill a woman over a $20 drug debt," Rosenstein said.
But other than those things, what has he done to warrant 15 years in prison? /sarc


14 posted on 06/28/2016 8:17:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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Let me guess before I look at the photo....he's black.

Yep, right every time! :-)

15 posted on 06/28/2016 8:32:45 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Sounds like his own attorney is calling him a low-IQ black person, which is horribly rayciss.


16 posted on 06/28/2016 8:35:24 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: simpson96
He looks just like his if-I-had-a-son-he-would-look-like-him father, Baraque Hussein Obama.

No denying it. Obama is one of them.

17 posted on 06/28/2016 8:37:23 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: simpson96; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


18 posted on 06/28/2016 5:13:07 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cuckservative: a "conservative" willing to raise another country's ideology in his own country)
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The old “boy be a retard” defense.

Soon it will be “boy needs a cork for his bum”.


19 posted on 06/29/2016 5:11:22 PM PDT by Eaker (The Bates Motel. Ain't nuthin' like it.)
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To: rovenstinez
It is a sad plight

Why is it sad? He is a trouble making POS punk. I hope he gets torn up in prison.

20 posted on 06/29/2016 5:14:11 PM PDT by Eaker (The Bates Motel. Ain't nuthin' like it.)
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