Back in 2020, law professor Jonathan Turley looked at the case against two young lawyers who chucked a Molotov cocktail into an NYPD vehicle during George Floyd protests in the city. The defense case got even worse, Turley said, because it appeared they were distributing Molotov cocktails to other rioters, suggesting premeditation. The pair got hit with federal charges: the use of explosives, arson, use of explosives to commit a felony, arson conspiracy, use of a destructive device, civil disorder, and making or possessing a destructive device.
Not long after, BuzzFeed did a sob story on the pair: “2 Black Lives Matter protesters face 45+ yrs in prison for allegedly torching an empty, damaged police car—part of a wider Trump administration crack down.” See, the police car was already damaged when they torched it. Also, the two were “well-respected lawyers” with immigrant parents.
And check out this clown’s take:
A terribly sad story. Two young and idealistic lawyers, get wrapped up in the BLM protest movement. In a moment of madness they throw a Molotov cocktail into an abandoned police car and burn it. Now they face a minimum 35 years in a federal prison. https://t.co/o8aRqjOSwY
— Richard Spoor (@Richard_Spoor) August 5, 2020
Yes, a terribly sad story. BuzzFeed had the sads. New York Magazine had the sads. And now, with sentencing looming, the New York Times has the sads:
Two young New York lawyers lost their licenses to practice law after burning an empty police car during a protest days after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. One of them will be sentenced on Thursday, and he may also lose his foster children. https://t.co/WdBNzw1dSL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 26, 2023
This seems like the sort of thing one should think about before committing arson with an incendiary device https://t.co/FoA3mNvxCV
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 26, 2023
I know lefties are shockingly glib about Molotov cocktails, but back in the real world, the law tends to frown on *bombs.*
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 26, 2023
Why yes, this is what happens when facing domestic terrorism charges, pleaded down to “conspiracy to commit arson and possession of an explosive device”
They threw Molotov cocktails and got caught.
FAFO. They deserve years behind bars
— Matt Vespa (@mVespa1) January 26, 2023
Good.
— michael epps (@michael_epps) January 26, 2023
Correct. Burning any car, empty or not, and any act of violence is not how we practice law.
— Nora Dunn (@noradunn) January 26, 2023
NYT why and how would I possibly even begin to feel sorry for these two?
— Stephen Cook☦️ (@itsStephenCook) January 26, 2023
No sympathy, lock them up.
— Richard Gilfert 🇺🇸 (@RGilfert) January 26, 2023
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
— MonasticAgony (@AgonyMonastic) January 26, 2023
Cause and effect 😭
— Name cannot be blank (@milky_FART) January 26, 2023
What did they expect when they did it? There is a law, they should have known.
— simsimsimco (@simsimsimco) January 26, 2023
They should lose far more than that.
— Patrick Gatti (@patrickdgatti) January 26, 2023
They were lawyers so they probably should have foreseen the consequences of their actions. No sympathy.
— Michael (@mschanadlerbon) January 26, 2023
He still has foster kids in his custody after trying to murder a bunch of cops? Amazing
— Larry Milford (@LarryMilford5) January 26, 2023
I’m all for protesting for the right cause.
Then there’s risking your job, kids, and freedom to teach that car a lesson. Stupid.
— Mara (@MGale90) January 26, 2023
Why are we supposed to sympathize with these two who drove around in a riot distributing Molotov cocktails? They’re lawyers? Michael Avenatti was a lawyer, throw them in a cell with him.
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How ’bout NO? Tweep tries painting 2 lawyers who threw molotov cocktail in police car as the REAL victims but ain’t nobody buyin’ it https://t.co/ovrtzBBmQ9
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 7, 2020
