A Minnesota judge has found a former Minneapolis police officer guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter in the 2020 death of George Floyd, whose death sparked protests across the country. Tou Thao’s attorney asked Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill in January to make the decision on Thao’s guilt or innocence, eschewing a jury trial, WCCO …
A federal judge in Minnesota on Wednesday sentenced two former police officers, convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, to lighter sentences than recommended in federal sentencing guidelines. Describing Tou Thao as “a good police officer, father and husband,” US District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced him to 3 1/2 years for standing by as former …
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights on May 25, 2020, the day fellow officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes until he died, aided by Lane and two other officers. Lane, J. Alexander Keung, and Tou …
On Thursday, ex-Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin was sentenced in federal court to 21 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the May 2020 arrest that ended with Floyd’s death. Federal prosecutors had sought a 25-year sentence for Chauvin, 46. The federal sentence will be served concurrently with the 22-year sentence he is already serving …
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane has accepted a deal in the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, appearing in Hennepin County Court Wednesday morning to plead guilt to aiding and abetting second second degree manslaughter. KARE reported that the deal will require Lane, one of three former officers charged with aiding and abetting …
A federal judge said Wednesday he had accepted a plea deal in the civil rights case against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years in prison. Chauvin pleaded guilty on December 15 to violating George Floyd’s civil rights when he knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than …
A federal jury on Thursday found three former Minneapolis police officers guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao were all found guilt of willfully failing to aid Floyd as he lay on the ground beneath fellow officer Derek Chauvin’s knee. Kueng and Thao were also found guilty …
The 4-year-old grand-niece of George Floyd — whose 2020 murder at the hands of a Minnesota police officer gained international attention — was reportedly shot on Saturday at her Texas home. KTRK reported that Arianna Delane was shot as she slept in a bedroom located on the second floor of a Houston home. The girl’s …
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin appeared before a federal judge Wednesday to plead guilty to violating George Floyd’s civil rights last year when he knelt on the man’s neck for more than nine minutes, until he died. Chauvin, who was convicted in state court earlier this year of second degree murder, also pleaded guilty …
The former Minneapolis police office convicted of killing George Floyd in May 2020 filed an appeal on Thursday. Derek Chauvin filed the appeal on the last day he could have done so, 90 days after his June 25 sentencing, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Chauvin was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree …
On Thursday, lawyers for the three former police officers charged in George Floyd’s death asked a Minnesota judge to prohibit the live-streaming of their state trial. According to the Star Tribune, attorneys for Thomas Lane, 37, and J. Alexander Kueng, 26, asserted that live-streaming their clients’ joint trial jeopardizes their right to a fair trial. …
Three other former Minnesota police officers who are charged in George Floyd’s May 2020 death asked on Tuesday to have their federal trial separated from their ex-colleague, Derek Chauvin, who is currently serving a 22-year sentence. According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, attorneys for Thomas Lane, 37, J. Alexander Kueng, 26, and Tou Thao, 34, filed …
