5 Georgia men who torched cop car at George Floyd riots sent to the slammer

Five amigos have each been sentenced to over a year in federal prison for burning a police car in Georgia during the riots that broke out there after George Floyd died in police custody, likely from an overdose of drugs in his system.

Bruce Anthony Thompson, 23, Jesse James Smallwood, 22, Delveccho Waller, Jr., 23, Dashun Martin, 24, and Judah Coleman Bailey, 21, all of Hall County, Georgia, all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit arson.

The police cruiser was parked outside the officer's apartment complex in Gainesville when the five miscreants torched it in the early hours of June 1, 2020.

The idiots met in downtown Gainesville before spotting the SUV. "Look, man, check it out," one of the men said to the group. "Let's cover our faces with masks and s**t and fire a flare through the window of the cop car."

So they did and the car lit up the darkness.

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Almost two weeks later, the geniuses were arrested. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that law enforcement spotted the car belonging to Jesse James Smallwood--it matched a description of the one at the scene of the crime. Inside Smallwood's vehicle was three explosives and a flare gun.

Brilliant!

The defendants were also sentenced to three years supervised released and will have to pay the Gainesville PD over $3,600 in restitution for the vehicle.

The officer involved in Floyd's death in Minneapolis, Derek Chauvin, was sentenced to over 22 years in prison after being convicted of murdering Floyd, a known thug.

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