MINNEAPOLIS — One of the former Minneapolis police officers convicted in the the murder of George Floyd has been released from custody, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Thomas Lane was found guilty in 2022 of violates Floyd’s civil rights when former officer Derek Chauvin murdered Floyd on May 25, 2020. Lane was sentenced in 2022 to 2.5 years in federal prison.
Lane was convicted earlier that year on state charges of accessory to murder and was sentenced to three years in prison. Two of those years were served concurrently with his federal sentence, which ended on 26 Feb this year, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Lane served his time in Colorado. The Bureau of Prisons previously said he would go on supervision after being released.
Lane was one of four former officers convicted of Floyd’s murder, which sparked protests in Minnesota and around the world.
Chauvin was convicted on state charges of murder and manslaughter and sentenced to 22.5 years. Last fall, the US Supreme Court rejected his appeal of that belief. He also pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating Floyd’s rights and where sentenced to 21 years in prison.
J. Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to manslaughter and sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. Tou Thao was convicted of second degree accessory to murder and sentenced to almost five years.
Kueng and Thao were also both found guilty of civil rights violations, get three and 3.5 years in prisonrespective.
All of the state and federal sentences were concurrent.
In the wake of Floyd’s murder, the Minneapolis Police Department faced dual investigations from Minnesota Department of Human Rights and that United States Department of Justice. Both investigations found years-long patterns of discriminatory practices and mandated the city enter reformatory consent decrees.
