Judicial
Former officer Thomas Lane sentenced to 3 years for his role in George Floyd’s death
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced this week for his role in the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020.
The ex-officer appeared virtually for his sentencing hearing on Wednesday, where Judge Peter Cahill, who has overseen all the state hearings regarding the Floyd case, sentenced him to 3 years in state prison. Lane joined the hearing from federal prison, where he has been serving a 2.5 year sentence for his role in the murder.
Lane pleaded guilty to the Minnesota state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in May. By doing so, he avoided a second charge of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
Lane’s wife recently gave birth to the couple’s first child, and Lane is seeking the shortest sentence possible so he can be in his child’s life, according to court reporters who were present at his hearing in July.
State prosecutors agreed to allow Lane to serve his state and federal sentences concurrently. He will additionally be required by state law to register as a “predatory offender.”
Lane was one of four officers involved in the killing. He held Floyd’s legs down as another former officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes, ultimately killing him. Chauvin was convicted and sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role, while the two other officers, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng, were sentenced to three and three and a half years, respectively.
“I think it was a very wise decision for you to accept responsibility and move on with your life,” said Judge Cahill during the sentencing, referring to Lane’s guilty plea.
Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.
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Another person who is a victim of rigged trials. When one looks at the real facts one finds George Floyd committed suicide, unintentionally, by consuming the illegal drugs he had in his possession to avoid having the police find them on him. George Floyd died as a result of consuming Fentanyl and another illegal drug, and nothing the officers did caused his death. And the prosecutors and pathologists lied to hide how he actually died.