A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday
FILE - This image provided by the Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriff's Office shows Thomas Lane, who was sentenced to 2 1/2 years for violating George Floyd's civil rights. The former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty in May 2022 to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of Floyd is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022.
for violating Floyd's civil rights. When it comes to the state's case, prosecutors and Lane's attorneys agreed to a recommended sentence of three years, and prosecutors agreed to allow him to serve that penalty at the same time as his federal sentence, and in a federal prison. It's expected that Lane will get a state sentence that coincides with his federal time. Wednesday's sentencing hearing will be held remotely, and Lane will appear via video from the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood, the low-security federal prison camp in Littleton, Colorado.after Officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, pinned him to the ground with a knee on Floyd's neck as the Black man repeatedly said he couldn't breathe. Lane, who is white, held down Floyd's legs.
The killing, captured on widely viewed bystander video, sparked protests in Minneapolis and around the globe as part of a reckoning over racial injustice. Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter and was given a 22 1/2-year state sentence in 2021. He also
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