is the appropriate sentence. today former mams police officer zerk derek chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the nurd r murder last may of george floyd. he s been the prison since april when a jury found him guilty of several charges all for him holding his knee on george floyd s neck until mr. floyd was deemed up conscious and he died on a minneapolis street corner. he was going to receive a theoretical maximum sentence but the theoretical maximum associated with any particularly crime is put up against state-based snepsing guidelines. considering the fact that mr. chauvin had no criminal history, the minnesota state guidelines for a sneps in this case actually recommended a sort of presumptive sentence of about 12 1/2 years. judges can depart from those sentencing guidelines and in particularly they can depart upward if there are aggravating faeblgts that make the crime worse than that source of base level offense. the judge in this case had ruled that there
the less talked about reasons why and debunk the trump nonsense. the one and only roxane gay will join me for the velshi banned bookclub. in morning, it is saturday, march 40th. we begin this hour with the republican party presumptive presidential nominee once again escalating his violent rhetoric. donald trump s latest dog whistle is posted on his social media platform, treat social, which is now part of a newly merged company that went public this week, making him, on paper, at least, a substantially richer man. in our editorial discussions this morning we were asked not to show the image from this video because of its violent and disturbing nature. so, in lieu of showing it to you, because it is shocking, let me describe it. the video clip shows a pickup truck emblazoned with the slogan trump 2024 on inside. it features an image of president joe biden lying on his side, eyes closed, hands tied behind his back, feet boundary rope. it is plastered on the tailgate of the
as the longest, largest investigation into donald trump s attempt to stay present comes to a close, we put it all together. i ve got three men walking down the street, one carrying an ar-15. the explosive testimony. i ever heard the president say something to the effect of i don t think that they have weapons. let my people in. new insight from witnesses. i said, you want my states 3.2 million voters to be thrown out the window? was he asking you to commit a crime? i don t know what he believed. and what might lie ahead. the former president and his allies were present a clear and present danger to american democracy, not because of what they did on january 6, but because of what they pledged to do in 2024. a cnn special report, american coup: the january 6th investigation. i m a very textural artist. i love texter. the republican speaker of the house in arizona, russell bowers, is an artist by trade. bowers was thrown into a real- life drama. the
window? was he asking you to commit a crime? it gets to an attempt issue. i don t know what he believed. reporter: and what he might lie ahead. the form s president and allies represent a clear and present danger to american democracy. not because of what they did on january 6th. you better run, cops! because of what they pledged to do in 2024. reporter: a cnn special report, american coup, the january 6th investigation. i am a very textural artist a lot of texture. reporter: in arizona, the republican speaker of the house, rusty bowers, is an artist, by trade. but last february, ours was thrown into a real life drama. the bill number was 2596. 2596, more than 100 in arizona to tighten access to the ballot box. it would have scrapped early voting. all voting would be on election day only. 90% of my district votes early. reporter: and it would have mandated paper ballots. but most egregious to rusty bowers was this. with no guidance criteria, the
announcer: the following is a cnn special report. tonight what s the bottom line you want the american people to know? there was a very sophisticated multi-part plan overseen by donald trump. you can t ever accept when they steal and rig and rob. to attempt to stay in power. as the longest, largest investigation into donald trump s attempt to stay president comes to a close, we president it all together. i ve got three men walking down the street in fatigues and carrying ar-15s. the explosive testimony. i heard the president saying something to the effect, i don t care if they have weapons, let my people in. new insight from witnesses. i said, you want me to take my state, 3.2 million voters, and just throw them out the window? was he asking you to commit a crime? it gets back to the criminal intent issue. i don t know what he believed. hang mike pence! and what might lie ahead. the former president and his allies represent a clear and presen