Former police officer pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd killing

<p>Thomas Lane agrees to spend three years in prison after accepting guilty plea, a year after Derek Chauvin convicted of murder </p><p>A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to manslaughter in the murder of George Floyd and agreed to spend three years in state prison, officials said.</p><p>Thomas Lane’s plea to a count of aiding and abetting manslaughter came a year after his former colleague Derek Chauvin, who was recorded by a bystander killing Floyd by kneeling on his neck, was convicted of murder and sentenced to more than two decades in prison.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/18/george-floyd-killing-thomas-lane-manslaughter-plea">Continue reading...</a>