A lawyer for Thomas Lane, 1 of the 4 police officers charged for aiding in the killing of George Floyd, said today that Lane did not “stand by and watch,” as Floyd was killed by iamsternlicht
A lawyer for Thomas Lane, one of the four police officers charged for aiding in the killing of George Floyd, said today that Lane did not “stand by and watch,” as George Floyd was killed after fellow officer Derek Chauvin held a knee to his neck for nearly nine minutes.... [+]
and abetting second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd. The death sparked riots and protests in cities throughout the country after Floyd, a black man, was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.“He was holding the legs because the guy was resisting at first,” said Earl Gray, Lane’s attorney on Monday to NBC). “Now, when he’s holding his legs he says to Chauvin, ‘Well, should we roll him over? Because he says he can’t breathe. Chauvin says ‘no.
Lane and the other two officers, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, were fired from the Minneapolis police department on May 26 and charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter, while Derek Chauvin, who held Floyd to the ground for nearly nine minutes with a knee to his neck, has been charged with third-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter and second-degree murder.
Floyd’s death marked Lane’s fourth day as a police officer, says Gray, who made the argument in a heated June 8 interview on that Lane did not intervene upon Floyd’s repeated calls of “I can’t breathe” because Chauvin was his superior on the force. over whether Lane’s action—or inaction—as his colleague killed Floyd, host Piers Morgan responded to Gray’s argument that Lane was following orders, saying: “Your client must—as we’ve all heard—George Floyd crying out 16 times in five minutes that he couldn’t breathe. When you hear a human being say, ‘I can't breathe’ that number of times.
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