Ex-Minneapolis Officer Thomas Lane Released From Prison After Completing 3-Year-Sentence For Involvement In George Floyd Murder

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Ex-Minneapolis Officer Thomas Lane Released From Prison After Completing 3-Year-Sentence For Involvement In George Floyd Murder

One of the police officers serving jail time for the murder of George Floyd has been released.

Reports confirmed that former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane completed his 3-year sentence and is now a free man.

Thomas Lane

Thomas Lane served his sentence in Colorado and is expected to go into supervision as the Bureau previously stated he would now that he has been released. As you may recall, the ex-policemen is one of four convicted on charges related to George Floyd’s 2020 death, which sparked worldwide protests and catapulted the Black Lives Matter movement into mainstream media.

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While Lane was not directly responsible for the murder, he was convicted on federal charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights and was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison. He also received 3 years from the state and was charged with aiding and abetting manslaughter. 2 of those years were served concurrently with his federal sentence, which ended on Feb. 26 of this year, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Lane is the first of the four officers to get out of jail. Derek Chauvin, who held his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes while he was handcuffed face down in the street over suspicions that Floyd used a counterfeit bill, was ultimately convicted on state charges of murder and manslaughter and sentenced to 22.5 years. In addition, he pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating Floyd’s rights and was given a 21-year sentence.

As far as the other officers involved, J. Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 3.5 years, while Tou Thao was convicted of second-degree aiding and abetting manslaughter and sentenced to nearly five years. Both were also found guilty of civil rights violations, receiving three- and 3.5-year sentences, respectively. Reportedly, all of the state and federal sentences are concurrent.

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