Zoom executive charged with disrupting meetings commemorating Tiananmen Square

Re:Zoom executive charged with disrupting meetings commemora... by sillysaurusx on Saturday December 19, 2020 @01:37AM (#25475591)

Since we're cherrypicking, I was reading over https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette#Notable_incid... and found this gem:

On July 24, 1973, Dallas Police Officer Darrell L. Cain fatally shot Santos Rodriguez, a 12-year-old Mexican-American child, while interrogating him and his brother about a burglary. Cain shot Rodriguez while conducting Russian roulette on the brothers in an attempt to force a confession from them.

In fairness, that was the 70s. But the 70s were also "one generation ago," so it's not exactly ancient history.

(I could imagine myself being skeptical about your comment before having wised up a little, so I thought I'd chime in to say yes, this really does happen.)

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Re:Zoom executive charged with disrupting meetings commemora... by Buttons840 on Saturday December 19, 2020 @02:10AM (#25475729)

The officer was charged and convicted and spent 2.5 (two and a half) years in jail. I'm 100% serious.

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Re:Zoom executive charged with disrupting meetings commemora... by gremlinsinc on Saturday December 19, 2020 @07:18AM (#25476975)

2.5 years for a cop in jail is like 100 for a lay-person. /s

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Re:Zoom executive charged with disrupting meetings commemora... by ashtonkem on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:00PM (#25480654)

Half of what the sentence was, and the minimum legal jail time for that crime.

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Re:Zoom executive charged with disrupting meetings commemora... by ashtonkem on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:00PM (#25480649)

Only a cop would get away with serving half of their sentence (and not a day more than the minimum) after shooting a child in the head on purpose.

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