The former Minneapolis police officer will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review his conviction for second-degree murder in the killing of George Floyd, now that the Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to hear the case.
Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, pinned George Floyd to the ground and kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd died in the encounter.
Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng have come to arrangements with the courts that will result in their convictions in the George Floyd case.
Thomas Lane, who held down George Floyd's legs while his colleague, Derek Chauvin, kneeled on his neck and back, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the state-level case.
The former Minneapolis cop convicted of killing George Floyd and violating his federal civil rights was moved from a state prison, where he was often held in solitary confinement, to a federal facility.
“Once again, our judicial system favored people that should be locked up forever,” George Floyd’s uncle, Selwyn Jones, said about the two ex-Minneapolis cops sentenced for violating his nephew's civil rights this week.
Former Minnesota police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday, following their convictions for violating George Floyd's civil rights.
Former Minnesota police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced in federal court Thursday morning to two-and-a-half years for violating George Floyd's civil rights during the encounter that ended in the man's death.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 21 years for violating George Floyd's civil rights. He made no expression of remorse for his victim's death.
