He is one of four former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the arrest leading to his murder in May 2020.
Euskaraz irakurri: Bi urte eta erdiko zigorra ezarri diote Floyden hilketan nahasitako agentetako bati, eskubideen urraketagatik
Thomas Lane, one of the Minneapolis police officers involved in the… murder of African-American citizen George Floydwas sentenced this Thursday to two and a half years for Violate your civil rights when you did not receive medical care after warning him nearly thirty times that he couldn’t breathe.
Lane is now waiting to also know what his punishment will be for declaring himself in May guilty of second degree manslaughterand which is expected to be known September 21. Both the Minnesota State Department and his defense have jointly requested a three-year prison sentence.
He is one of four former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating Floyd’s constitutional rights during that fateful arrest on May 25, 2020 which led to his murder.
Hearings are not yet scheduled for J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, who are expected to face longer federal sentences than Lane. The state trial was scheduled for last month, but was eventually rescheduled for later this year.
In June 2021, the former police Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison after twelve members of a popular jury found him guilty of second degree manslaughter, murder in the third degree Y second degree murder. In December, he was found guilty of violating Floyd’s civil rights, for which he faces others. 25 years imprisonment plus.
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Source: EITB
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