Central Figure in 2020 Anti-Cop Riot in Minneapolis Going to Prison
By Carl Prine | December 30, 2021
A central figure in a 2020 anti-cop rampage in Minnesota will spend the next eight years behind bars.
On Wednesday, Dec. 29, US District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz sentenced Victor Devon Edwards to 100 months in a federal prison. When he gets out, the St. Paul man faces two years of supervised release and must pay $941,682.28 in restitution for the destruction he caused at the Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis.
A federal jury convicted Edwards, 32, of riot and arson on Aug. 12, 2021.
On Aug. 26, 2020, Victor Devon Edwards, 32, drove to downtown Minneapolis despite a citywide curfew to join a large crowd that had gathered following false rumors regarding police involvement in the death of a man on Nicollet Mall earlier that evening. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives photo.
Edwards’ troubles with federal law enforcement began on the evening of Aug. 26, 2020, shortly after he drove from St. Paul to the mall.
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