Yesterday fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three counts against him for the death of George Floyd while Floyd was being arrested May 25, 2020 by Chauvin and three other police officers. Chauvin faces somewhere between 12.5 and 29 years in prison. He will be sentenced in June 2021.
But what if he could be sentenced to exactly his own action in Floyd's death, an Old Testament eye for an eye: 10 minutes with a knee on the back of his neck?
And what if Chauvin could pick his punishment?
What if you could pick?
If his action was so heinous, wouldn't you pick it? Wouldn't it result in Chauvin's death?
If his action was very unlikely to cause his death, why was Chauvin even charged, much less convicted?
What would Chauvin pick? What would you pick for his punishment?
