First Rioter Sentenced for Burning MN Police Station Receives 4 Yrs Prison, $12 Million Fine

If, as the Democrats say, the Black Lives Matter protests were “mostly peaceful” then why is one rioter being fined a whopping $12 million? Oh, because his “peaceful” actions justified by his morality of righting the wrong of systemic racism, burned down a Minneapolis police station.

23-year-old Dylan Shakespeare Robinson has not only been given a four-year prison sentence; he then will be ordered to pay $12 million for his part in setting fire to a Minneapolis police station during the Black Lives Matter riots. Robinson plead guilty to an arson charge in December; his lawyer says “there is no realistic chance” his client will be able to pay the $12 million fine.

Dylan Shakespeare Robinson

The Associated Press reported of Robinson’s case, “A federal complaint accused Robinson of lighting a Molotov cocktail that another person threw toward the 3rd Precinct headquarters on East Lake Street. In addition, Robinson and others allegedly tore down a fence that surrounded the building.”

Additionally, “Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 23, was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release and pay back $12 million for damages that resulted from the May 2020 precinct fire” of which “three other people have pleaded guilty in federal court for their roles in the precinct fire and are awaiting sentencing.”

The BBC reported Robinson traveled 120 miles from Brainerd, Minnesota to participate in the riots. “Surveillance video at the precinct shows Robinson lighting an ‘incendiary device’ held by another person and later setting a fire inside the station near a first-floor stairwell, officials said” added the BBC.

Acting U.S. Attorney Anders Folk said in a statement, “On the night of May 28, 2020, Mr. Robinson chose to depart from lawful protest and instead engaged in violence and destruction The arson at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct put lives at risk and contributed to widespread lawlessness in Minneapolis. With today’s sentence, Mr. Robinson is held accountable for his actions.”