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.
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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!
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.
See! Sometimes there are consequences to your actions. It’s about time!
Racism from his own attorney! Yo' Honah, can I gets me a miss-trial?
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.
Another of 0bama’s sons - what a surprise.
S.Rawlings-Blake should get 10 years along with Marilyn (”I’m gonna be big one day”) Mosby .
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.
I was wondering how the lame brained prosecutors in Baltimore got a conviction,now I see it was federal, makes sense
“A 20 year old man”
Wonder what he looks like
...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
Yep, right every time! :-)
Sounds like his own attorney is calling him a low-IQ black person, which is horribly rayciss.
No denying it. Obama is one of them.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
The old “boy be a retard” defense.
Soon it will be “boy needs a cork for his bum”.
Why is it sad? He is a trouble making POS punk. I hope he gets torn up in prison.
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