A Portland rioter who was previously given probation for assaulting a federal contract worker was given 12.5 years in jail for killing his 3-month-old infant child.

Dakota Kurtis Means, 23, was given the sentence after pleading guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter and one count of first-degree criminal mistreatment, according to Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt.

Means, who had previously been sentenced to time served and given probation after pleading guilty to threatening a federal officer, was found responsible for the death of Hunter Means, his young child, in April 2021, just months after he was released in January 2021 for his other crime.

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Means had previously faced second-degree murder charges, but was only convicted of manslaughter. Prosecutors said that Means violently shook his son, resulting in the young child hitting his skull on something causing brain trauma.

“The brain injuries were not reversible,” said Dr. Adebimpe Adewusi, who gave medical care to Hunter. “My concern is he subjected the child to acceleration, deceleration forces.” The injuries were likely not caused by Hunter accidentally falling, Adewusi said.

During the investigation, Hunter’s mother said that Means treated her “like an animal” and had been “really physically violent” to her. Hunter and his brother also appeared to be recovering from rib damage, though no connection with Means was definitively linked.

In a text presented during his trial, the mother texted Means before he was about to be arrested, telling him not to run away.

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“You running away make it look like you did something,” she allegedly texted him. “Whatever feelings you have for law enforcement, put them aside for our children.” Means will be transferred to the Oregon Department of Corrections from Multnomah County.

Means intimidated a federal contractor with a paintball gun outside the Mark O. Hatfield United State Courthouse in Portland in August 2020 and spent 60 days behind bars before being sentenced and let out on probation.

During the incident he brandished a paintball gun, cursing at the contractor and saying that it was “going to be an AR” next time.

“I regret my decision that day,” Means said at the time. “I take full responsibility for what I have done. … I know it’s not going to happen again.”

Portland was one of the many cities across the U.S. that saw violent rioting in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering a plan to radically boost electric vehicle sales in the U.S. beginning in 2030 and then accelerating in 2032, according to a report from The New York Times.

The EPA’s proposed rules would seek to ensure that 67% of all commercial passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. will be all-electric starting in 2032, sources told the Times. Last year, EVs made up just 5.8% of all vehicle sales.

“This is a massive undertaking,” said John Bozzella, president of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a lobbyist for U.S. and foreign automakers. “It is nothing short of a complete transformation of the automotive industrial base and the automotive market.”

Along with the unprecedented push for EV sales, the Biden administration is also expected to crack down on tailpipe emissions for cars made between 2027-2032, according to Bloomberg. The new rules on tailpipe emissions would apply to cars and light trucks and are expected to be officially announced in Detroit on Wednesday.

Last week, the White House released a fact sheet announcing investments for the car industry to get EV sales to make up half of all new vehicle sales by 2030. As part of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which seeks “to bring a clean, safe, affordable, and reliable transportation future to Americans,” certain buyers receive tax credits for purchasing new and used EVs.

“These incentives complement investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other federal initiatives that are spurring the domestic manufacturing of EVs and batteries and the development of a national EV charging network that provides access to low income and disadvantaged communities,” the White House said in a statement.

The new proposed EPA standards would push the U.S. to the front of the world for regulating carbon emissions, which the Biden administration argues is a leading factor in climate change. The European Union is phasing out all new gas-powered cars by 2035, and Canada and the U.K. have proposed similar gas-powered vehicle bans to the E.U., the Times reported.

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As the federal government signals to continue with heavy regulations on the industry, car manufacturers have recently pushed to produce more EVs, but for some manufacturers, that push has initially resulted in massive losses. Last month, Ford projected it will lose $3 billion in 2023 as it pushes to produce more EVs and build electric battery plants in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Michigan.