The two former lawyers who threw a Molotov cocktail at a police car during the George Floyd riots have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and are expected to receive reduced sentences.
As we noted previously, they were originally facing a much harsher sentence.
Jarryd Jaeger reports at the Post Millennial:
Lawyers who torched NYPD vehicle during summer of 2020 plead guilty to conspiracy chargesTwo former New York lawyers who threw Molotov cocktails at an NYPD vehicle during the George Floyd riots have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges.In June 2020 during George Floyd protests in Brooklyn, two New York lawyers were captured on security footage firebombing an unoccupied NYPD cruiser and handing out Molotov cocktails to people in the neighborhood.On Thursday, the pair pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges after negotiating with prosecutors, who had originally sought a more serious charge under a “terrorism enhancement” that could have landed them in jail for a decade.According to Reuters, now former lawyers Urooj Rahman and Colinford Mattis plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit arson and possession of an explosive device.
You can read the “Superseding Information” document here, which is the government’s way of dropping the other charges.
Here’s more from the Reuters report:
Urooj Rahman, 33, and Colinford Mattis, 34, had pleaded guilty last October to possessing a destructive device and expressed regret, but fought federal prosecutors’ effort to brand them as terrorists, more than doubling their potential sentences to 10 years.Under revised agreements, the defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit arson and possess an explosive device, with prosecutors recommending sentences of 18 to 24 months.They entered pleas to the new charges before U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in Brooklyn, and said they understood they would lose their law licenses as a result of their guilty pleas.”I wish I had made different and better choices that night,” Mattis told Cogan. Rahman also said she regretted her actions…In a court filing last month, prosecutors said 18- to 24-month terms reflected the “nature and circumstances of the offense and the histories and personal characteristics of these defendants.”
Prosecutors in this case have bent over backwards to ensure shorter sentences for these two.
Good thing they’re not Trump supporters.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL VERSION OF THIS STORY