WASHINGTON – A man who ran over and killed a bicyclist in Washington, D.C., was sentenced to eight years in prison, a punishment the victim’s family is calling a “slap on the wrist.”
Eric Beasley, 33, was sentenced Friday for involuntary manslaughter in the death of 45-year-old David Farewell.
The incident on Sept. 4, 2020, was captured on security camera footage. Beasley had originally been charged with murder, but he accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to the lesser charge.
Lateisha Stuckey, Farewell’s daughter, expressed frustration with the sentence. …