An ex-police officer has been handed a two-and-a-half years prison sentence for his role in the killing of George Floyd
His attorney Earl Gray asked for a little over two years, arguing that Lane was the least culpable of the officers in part because he had asked his colleagues twice whether Mr Floyd should be turned on his side."He has a newborn baby and did not want to risk not being part of the child's life," he said.However, the sentence has not been welcomed by Mr Floyd's family, with his brother Philonise calling it"insulting".
He said Lane was"an accessory to murder" and this shows that"the whole criminal system needs to be torn down and rebuilt".During his trial, Lane said he didn't realise how dire the 46-year-old's condition was until paramedics turned him over. But, prosecutor Manda Sertich told the court that while Lane knew Mr Floyd was in distress, he"did nothing" to give him the medical aid he knew he"so desperately needed".Chauvin pleaded guilty to separate federal civil rights charges in December in Mr Floyd's killing and in an unrelated case involving a black teenager.which was toward the low end of the range of 20 to 25 years both sides agreed to under his plea deal.
Chauvin was already serving a 22-and-a-half-year state court sentence for second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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