Former Minneapolis officer sentenced to three years in George Floyd’s murder

Thomas Lane is already serving a two-and-a-half-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights

A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd was sentenced on Wednesday to three years.

Thomas Lane is already serving a two-and-a-half-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights. In the state case, prosecutors and Lane's attorneys agreed to a recommended sentence of three years, to be served at the same time, in a federal prison.