Thomas Lane, who held down George Floyd's legs while his colleague, Derek Chauvin, kneeled on his neck and back, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the state-level case.
The former Minneapolis cop convicted of killing George Floyd and violating his federal civil rights was moved from a state prison, where he was often held in solitary confinement, to a federal facility.
Kelly Goodlett faces up to five years in federal prison, and is assumed to be cooperating with federal prosecutors in the cases against other officers involved in the fatal raid on the EMT's apartment.
Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood after chasing him with two others, his father Greg McMichael and neighbor William Bryan, was sentenced to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.
Travis McMichael, who was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery in 2020, is seeking to remain in federal custody, saying he's already received "hundreds" of threats.
Former Louisville officers Joshua Jaynes and Brett Hankison, along with current officers Kelly Goodlett and Sgt. Kyle Meany have been hit with federal civil rights charges for the deadly raid that took Breonna Taylor's life in 2020.
“Once again, our judicial system favored people that should be locked up forever,” George Floyd’s uncle, Selwyn Jones, said about the two ex-Minneapolis cops sentenced for violating his nephew's civil rights this week.
Former Minnesota police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday, following their convictions for violating George Floyd's civil rights.
Steven Lopez was arrested with the now-exonerated "Central Park 5," but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the face of false statements and police pressure to a different mugging the same night.
Former Minnesota police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced in federal court Thursday morning to two-and-a-half years for violating George Floyd's civil rights during the encounter that ended in the man's death.
