Former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to 30 months in prison in a federal court on Thursday morning for depriving George Floyd of his constitutional rights, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced.
Lane, 39, must also serve two years of supervised release as part of his sentence.
He is one of four former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted earlier this year in connection with Floyd’s death in 2020.
Prosecutors had asked U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson to sentence Lane to between five and a quarter to six and a half years in prison, while Lane’s attorney has asked for 2 and a quarter years, the Associated Press reports….