Thomas Lane, former Minneapolis police officer, sentenced to 3 years in killing of George Floyd – By N’dea Yancey-Bragg (USA Today) / Sept 21, 2022
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.
Lane pleaded guilty to the state charge in May. He also was convicted in February on federal charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights, for which he’s serving a 2 1/2 year sentence at a low-security federal prison camp in Littleton, Colorado.
Lane appeared at his sentencing hearing Wednesday via video from Federal Correctional Institution Englewood. As part of his plea deal, he will serve his state sentence in federal prison at the same time as his federal sentence.
Lane held down Floyd’s legs as former officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck during an attempted arrest on May 25, 2020. Former officers J. Alexander Kueng knelt on Floyd’s back and Tou Thao kept bystanders away during the restraint, which was captured on bystander video.
