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Ex-cop Lane Gets 2 1/2 Years on Floyd Killing Federal Charge

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Lane for his February conviction of depriving Floyd of medical care. “The fact that you did not…


Former Officer Lane Gets 2.5 Years for Violating Floyd’s Rights

ST. PAUL, Minn.—A federal judge sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane to 2.5 years in prison Thursday for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, calling Lane’s role in the restraint that killed Floyd “a very serious offense in which a life was lost” but handing down a sentence well below what prosecutors and Floyd’s family…