Audio of investigators' interview with one of the former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s death were released. The interview was conducted by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shortly after Floyd died on May 25.
was conducted by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shortly after Floyd died on May 25. The audio contains a statement by Lane as to his perspective regarding Floyd’s arrest and eventual death.
Lane said that he believed former officer Derek Chauvin, who was seen in video footage with his knee on Floyd’s neck, had told him and the other two officers to continue to hold Floyd on the ground and that there was an ambulance on the way. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane enters the Hennepin County Government Center on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Minneapolis with his attorney, Earl Gray.“That made sense to me, just because I’ve had experiences with people who are [overdosing] and they’ll be out one minute and they’ll come back and really, you know, be aggressive with me,” said Lane in the interview.
This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on 3, 2020, shows, from left, Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao.
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