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.
A week before the two-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty in December to federal civil rights charges in George Floyd's killing. The federal judge has now signaled he will accept the terms of the deal.
Former Minneapolis police office Derek Chauvin, who was convicted last year for the 2020 death of George Floyd, has filed an appeal claiming that jurors were too biased in the case.
