Biden goes easy on MN murderer

Joe Biden’s Justice Department is pushing lenient sentences for rioters arrested during the 2020 George Floyd protests.

One of the rioters, Montez Terriel Lee Jr., was convicted of the arson of a pawn shop that resulted in the death of a man.

From the DOJ: “According to court documents, on May 28, 2020, Montez Terriel Lee, 26, along with others, broke into the Max It Pawn Shop on East Lake Street in Minneapolis. Surveillance video footage showed Lee pouring a fire accelerant around the pawn shop and lighting the accelerant on fire. The fire destroyed the building. A second video showed Lee standing in front of the burning pawn shop and Lee could be heard saying, “[expletive] this place. We’re gonna burn this [expletive] down.”

According to court documents, on July 20, 2020, authorities located the body of a 30 year old man, O.S., in the rubble of the burned Max It Pawn building. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office attributed O.S.’s death to “probable inhalation of products of combustion and thermal injury (building fire).”

Lee was sentenced to just 10 years in prison.

NRCC Comment: “Joe Biden’s pro-crime agenda is making Minnesota less safe. Angie Craig and Dean Phillips should condemn the Biden Administration for going easy on this murderer.” – NRCC Spokesman Mike Berg