Thomas Lane, one of the 4 officers arrested after the death of George Floyd, learned his sentence Wednesday, after being charged with manslaughter. Wednesday, Lane learned he will serve three years for manslaughter – this following Lane previously pleading guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Since the death of George Floyd, Lane had already been serving a 2 ½ year federal sentence for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. FOX 9 Minneapolis has reported that due to the previous time served, Wednesday’s sentencing will not add additional jail time for Thomas Lane.
In reaching a plea deal with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office, he agreed to plead guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter under the contingency that he get a three-year state sentence to be served at the same time as his federal sentence.
Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter and was given a 22 1/2-year state sentence in 2021. He also pleaded guilty to a federal count of violating Floyd’s civil rights. His state and federal sentences are being served at the same time.
Kueng and Thao were also convicted on federal civil rights charges and were sentenced to three and 3 1/2 years, respectively. They have not yet reported to federal prison, and are scheduled to go to trial on state charges of aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter in October.
Like for Chauvin’s state trial, Floyd’ friend, Morries Lester Hall, has indicated that he plans on pleading the Fifth to avoid testifying in the upcoming trial for Thao and Kueng. Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, had argued that Hall’s testimony might reveal that he and Floyd were using drugs in the area before police arrived at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue while responding to a report of Floyd allegedly using a counterfeit $20 at the Cups Food convenience store.
Nelson claimed that Floyd could have died of a drug overdose. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office ruled that Floyd died of cardiac arrest, but attorneys representing Floyd’s family maintained that Floyd died of asphyxia. In the federal trial for the three other officers on the scene, a toxicology expert told the court that Floyd died of asphyxia after Chauvin restricted his airway for more than nine minutes.
This ruling is roughly what was expected – with Chauvin serving by far the most time in prison due to his role in Floyd’s death, where he had his knee on Floyd’s back/neck for over 9 minutes, while the other 3 former police officers are punished mainly for their roll in not preventing this death to occur.
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All of those cops should be set free. They did their job and society a favor
None of the officers deserved to be charged with anything, other than doing their job! It is a total injustice! G. Floyd was nothing but a career criminal and dope head.
This sets another example for anyone who defies leftwing corruption. If you do it, you’ll be smeared with leftist garbage and your future destroyed. Floyd was an oversized bully and drug soaked criminal who was arrested and died of a fentanyl overdose. Many decent people today suffer for his misdeeds.
When will this man, George Floyd, the career criminal, be sainted and enshrined with his picture in the Halls of Congress?
He died of a heart attack brought on by drugs – they are blaming cops so Floyd becomes a martyr and family gets big settlement – it’s all bulls–t he was a criminal punk
Four Police officers lives destroyed over a drug addicted career criminal! Thanks Democrats!
the biggest travesty of justice to occur in the USA. george floyd was a drugged out thug who should have been in jail long before being arrested. did the jury see the entire video of him, his behavior, constantly complaining of not being able to breath even though he was standing at the time. Chauvin should never have been convicted. he is innocent as is all the officers who were there. the entire aim was the democrats wanted to destroy the police. the prosecutor should be the one in jail. but democrats don’t get arrested, prosecuted or jailed. total political move by the communist democrats. someday justice will prevail.
i wrote a comment on the conviction of Chauvin. i say he is innocent. my comment is “waiting for approval!” what happened to free speech? bet my first comment does not get added to list.
SEEMS STRANGE MEN AND POLICEMENT MUST BE PUNISHED BECAUSE A DRUG USER THUG OVERDOSED AND DIED !!! BUT HIS “LOVING FAMILY” WHO SHUNNED HIM DURING HIS LIFE THEY DID NOT APPROVE OF, SUDDENLY BECAME SO DEVOTED AFTER HIS DEATH AND THE GOT A WHIFF OF MONEY POSSIBILITIES !!!
NO cops should have been prosecuted. George Floyd was stoned out of his mind on Fetanyl! He was resisting arrest and being horrible to the cops. They had to put him on the ground because he would not stay still. He was a felon and a career criminal! He tried to pass phoney money for cigarettes!!! Those cops should be released. ALL OF THEM. I would then sue anyone who wrongfully convicted the cops of any charges at all and imprisonment.
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