Posted on 05/01/2021 9:23:02 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
A man has been ordered to pay $12m (£8.6m) for his role setting a Minneapolis police station on fire during rioting last May.
The fine for Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 23, who pleaded guilty to an arson charge in December, will follow a four year prison sentence.
Robinson's lawyer has said "there is no realistic chance" his client will be able to afford the fine.
Three other men who also pleaded guilty will be sentenced at a later date.
In May of last year, thousands of people took to the streets of Minneapolis to protest against the death of George Floyd in police custody.
Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was later fired and found guilty of murder, was filmed kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck area for more than nine minutes during his arrest.
Mr Floyd's death and the subsequent protests triggered weeks of unrest, and the city saw looting, arson and violence.
Among the demonstrators was Dylan Robinson of Brainerd, Minnesota, a town about 120 miles north of Minneapolis.
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I’m sure he’ll pay in full...
Minneapolis Taxpayers — if there are any left — will pay for it. The 4 who set the fire should be in the SPJNK group. Don’t waste Taxpayers’ monies on jail time. Get rid of all arsonists from society.
I doubt if this clown could put 20 bucks together.
A friend’s son was busted driving a large amount of drugs across the border to California.
Got a four year sentence.
He was out in 18 months.
Dylan (or soon to be Dilyla) lives in Brainerd, the location the moving Fargo is centered around.
He could pay in full... in blood.
The Floyd family, with all their million$, will surely step in and help. No?
Does the “m” mean thousands or millions? Lazy journalism.
See tagline.
Wow...they better keep that little femme in solitary or he is never gonna use a chair again...
This is Kabuki Theater. This guy is never going to pay $12 million and looks like he wants to spend time in a prison full of men. We’ll take this seriously when they start arresting Antifa leaders and those who finance them.
Methinks the man doth protest too much.
Would be very interesting to see follow-up on this as time goes by - i.e. how much does he actually pay? If he doesn’t pay, why not? Accountability would be so refreshing.
I believe his knees will wobble a bit as he walks into general population and hears a collecting chorus of “That boy shore has a perty mouth”.
—”He could pay in full... in blood.”
And kidneys, liver, teeth... any saleable parts.
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