Thomas Lane Sentenced for Violating George Floyd’s Constitutional Rights
Written by SOURCE on July 21, 2022
Thomas Lane, a former Minneapolis police officer, was sentenced on Thursday following his conviction of violating George Floyd’s constitutional rights.
The federal civil rights charge sentencing, per a report from the Associated Press, saw U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson handing down a sentence of two and a half years in prison. Notably, this is lower than what prosecutors had requested. Citing federal guidelines, prosecutors had previously called for Lane to be given a sentence of as much as six and a half years behind bars. A lawyer for Lane, however, had pushed back against the recommendation by arguing that their client wasn’t as “culpable” as the other officers involved in Floyd’s murder.
This story is being updated.
