Ex-Minneapolis Officer Tou Thao Falls Victim to the Double Standard of Justice

A lack of institutional trustworthiness as blatant as what we currently seem to see has significant consequences for the nation.

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Former Minneapolis Police officer Tou Thao (center) and his attorney Earl Gray exit the Hennepin County Government Center after a courthouse appearance in Minneapolis, Minn., July 21, 2020.

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Appropriately enough, given the Aztec-priestly attitude of at least the American Left toward issues such as climate change (“Our foe-men are changing the weather!”), the U.S. just witnessed a human sacrifice.

Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao, one of four sworn officers present during the May 2020 death of George Floyd, just received a 57-month sentence for “aiding and abetting” a felony crime — the restraint that led to Floyd’s death. The minority lawman gave a passionate and biblically loaded speech before the final verdict came down, refusing to admit to guilt, which he persuasively argued that he should not feel. However, the presiding judge — liberal Gopher State jurist Peter Cahill — remained unmoved, giving Thao the stiffest sentence received by any cop involved with the Floyd death other than Derek Chauvin himself.

Wilfred Reilly

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Wilfred Reilly

Wilfred Reilly is an associate professor of political science at Kentucky State University and the author, most recently, of Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me.

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