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Two-Year Sentences Expected For Anti-Police Rioters Who Set Govt Vehicles On Fire, Destroyed City

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Two-Year Sentences Expected For Anti-Police Rioters Who Set Govt Vehicles On Fire, Destroyed City
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Two anti-police rioters who participated in a Black Lives Matter protest-turned-riot last summer are expected to be hit with prison sentences of about two years for their participation in the city destruction, including setting fire to two vehicles belonging to the city and state.

Rioters MacKenzie Drechsler and Shakell Sanks admitted on Monday to “their roles in the events that unfolded after a George Floyd/Black Lives Matter rally and march devolved into chaos outside of the Public Safety Building on Exchange Boulevard” in Rochester, New York, according to the Democrat & Chronicle.

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