The point of concurrent sentences is twofold: 1) Since the crime of violating Mr. Floyd’s rights was inextricably bound to the crime of murdering him, it would arguably be double punishment for what was essentially one crime. 2) It raises the bar, in this case infinitely, for an appeal; this way, even if his murder conviction were overturned, based on whatever bullshit excuse might exist, his guilty plea to this particular crime, would leave him in jail for 300 months, or whatever the sentence ultimately ends up being. In 25 years… no one, no one, is going to give a flying fsck about this pyschopath; and that’s fine.