Ex-police officer Thomas Lane sentenced over George Floyd killing

This June 3, 2020, file photo, provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota, shows Thomas Lane is shown. Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane is hoping for a sentence Thursday, July 21, 2022, that could let him go free after as little as two years in prison for his role in the killing of George Floyd (Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office/AP/PA)

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd.

US district judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Lane on Thursday for his February conviction of depriving Floyd of medical care as he lay dying under now-former officer Derek Chauvin’s knee in May 2020.