Ex-Officer Thomas Lane Sentenced to 2 1/2 Years for Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights on May 25, 2020, the day fellow officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes until he died, aided by Lane and two other officers. Lane, J. Alexander Keung, and Tou …