Desmond David-Pitts

Released
Date of birth:09. 05. 2007
Age:19
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:2020s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 6 Months 5 Days
Support
Police Accountability Black Lives Matter Movement
Desmond David-Pitts

Biography

On August 24, 2020 Desmond David-Pitts, 19, allegedly set fire to the Seattle Police Department East Precinct. He had flown from Alaska to Seattle three days earlier to participate in protests because his younger brother had been killed by police after being pulled over for a traffic stop. Surveillance video captured him piling trash against the sally-port door over 11 minutes, repeatedly lighting it and feeding the flames. While he was setting fires, others were attempting to disable the door with crowbars and cement-like materials. He was identified by his distinctive pink camouflage trousers. Sentenced to 20 months federal prison.

Case

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Charges: Conspiracy to commit arson (18 U.S.C. § 844(n)) — piled trash outside a Seattle Police East Precinct side door and ignited it while accomplices blocked the door with crowbars, August 24, 2020; had traveled from Anchorage, Alaska to Seattle specifically to participate in the action; identified and arrested within an hour by distinctive pink camouflage trousers on surveillance footage
Arrested: Aug 24, 2020
Incarcerated: Aug 24, 2020
Released: Mar 1, 2022
Sentence: 20 months federal prison + restitution to Seattle Police Department Verdict as recorded: Yes — guilty plea (May 2021)
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: California

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