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 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 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 …
Body camera footage from two former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd on May 25 was released Monday by the court after media organizations argued for their release, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The full videos from cameras worn by Thomas Lane and Alexander Kueng had been filed with the court …
Leaked bodycam footage from the arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25 shows the 46-year-old Black man terrified and struggling to stay out of the backseat of the police cruiser before he ends up face down beneath the knee of Derek Chauvin, where he died. The Daily Mail obtained about 10 minutes of …
A friend who was in George Floyd’s car during Floyd’s arrest and death at the hands of Minnesota police reportedly told authorities that Floyd didn’t resist arrest. Lester Hall, 42, told The New York Times that Floyd, 46, asked Minneapolis police why he was being arrested and tried in his “humblest form” to show them …
