<p>A 20-year-old man who went into a Minneapolis high school and tried to light a fire amid the summer unrest of 2020 was sentenced to five years probation on Thursday.</p>
<p>Mohamed Hussein Abdi pled guilty to conspiracy to commit arson. Abdi received sentencing in a St. Paul, Minnesota, district court, as first <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/minneapolis-george-floyd-riots-pled-guilty-burn-down-high-school-sentenced-probation">reported</a> by Fox News. He was taken into custody in June 2020 after walking into a high school amid rioting and setting fire to a trash bin. Security footage shows he poured liquid on the ground, as well as into the can, and ran away as smoke started to build.</p>
<p>Abdi was sentenced pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, according to court documents reviewed by Fox News. The federal <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5773">statute</a> &#8220;permits an individual to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment or probation and a fine, and to receive additional sanctions.&#8221; Sanctions mentioned include &#8220;forfeiture for certain racketeering crimes and drug-related offenses,&#8221; a notice order to victims involving fraud or deception, and restitution in cases that involve property damage or bodily injury.</p>
<p>The rioter was also hit with a fine totaling close to $34,000. It is to be paid to the high school targeted by Abdi — Gordon Parks High School in St. Paul. Gordon Parks was damaged by vandalism and fire, according to a complaint in conjunction with Abdi being <a href="https://www.fox9.com/news/maplewood-man-charged-with-arson-of-gordon-parks-high-in-st-paul-amid-riots">charged</a> in 2020. Abdi coordinated with a friend and also chucked rocks at law enforcement, Star Tribune <a href="https://www.startribune.com/maplewood-man-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-to-light-st-paul-school-on-fire-during-riots/600038501/">noted</a>.</p>
<p>Abdi is not the only Minneapolis rioter who is making headlines. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-who-burned-down-pawnshop-during-george-floyd-riots-killing-1-escapes-murder-charge">reported</a> by The Daily Wire, Montez Terriel Lee, 26, dodged a murder charge. Lee burned down a pawnshop amid the Floyd riots, which resulted in the death of 30-year-old Oscar Lee Stewart. The U.S. Department of Justice <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/rochester-man-sentenced-10-years-prison-arson-minneapolis-pawn-shop-resulted-death-man">relied</a> on The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office — which said Stewart&#8217;s death was because of  &#8220;probable inhalation of products of combustion and thermal injury (building fire).&#8221; Lee was sentenced to 10 years in prison for arson.</p>
<p>The 2020 unrest, which came after George Floyd was killed in police custody, affected 140 major U.S. cities and was at one point estimated to have cost more than $1 billion, Axios notably <a href="https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html">reported</a> in September of that year. The report called the riots the &#8220;most expensive&#8221; damage in &#8220;insurance history,&#8221; ahead of the 1992 riots in Los Angeles following the acquittal of four police officers for the arrest and beating of Rodney King.</p>
<p>“A company called Property Claim Services (PCS) has tracked insurance claims related to civil disorder since 1950,&#8221; the report stated. &#8220;It classifies anything over $25 million in insured losses as a &#8216;catastrophe,&#8217; and reports that the unrest this year (from May 26 to June 8) will cost the insurance industry far more than any prior one.&#8221;</p>
<p>Minneapolis was hit especially hard during the riots. A report shortly after the city was slammed <a href="https://www.fox9.com/news/map-shows-approximately-700-buildings-damaged-in-minneapolis-riots">showed</a> about 700 buildings were damaged. Volunteers helped clean up the debris on the heels of the madness. Erik Hansen, the city&#8217;s director of policy and economic development, said it was &#8220;disproportionally impacted neighborhoods&#8221; struggling economically that fared worst.</p>
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