Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, right, walked out of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility on June 29 afternoon with his attorney Earl Gray. (Photo by Glen Stubbe/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS/Sipa USA)
Judge issues gag order in trial of ex-officers in Floyd killing
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge has sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane 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 on Thursday for his February conviction of depriving Floyd of medical care as he lay dying under Officer Derek Chauvin’s knee in May 2020. The killing of Floyd, who was Black, sparked protests in Minneapolis and around the world over racial injustice in policing, and launched a national reckoning on race. Lane, who is white, held Floyd’s legs as Chauvin pinned Floyd for nearly 9 1/2 minutes. Lane, who has been free on bond, didn’t speak at the hearing. Magnuson ordered him to surrender to U.S. Marshals on Oct. 4.
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