NEW YORK — In emotional testimony on Monday, former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane told a jury that he tried to help George Floyd several times but in each instance was blocked by his senior officer, Derek Chauvin.
Lane is the third former police officer to take the witness stand in his own defense regarding charges of violating Floyd's civil rights.
Both Lane and Kueng were rookie police officers at the time of Floyd's death, and their field training officer was Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering Floyd and sentenced to over 22 years in prison. Chauvin also pleaded guilty to federal civil rights violations. Lane told the jury that he initially drew his gun and yelled at Floyd"to let him know how serious I thought it was."
Lane testified that he and Kueng were still struggling with Floyd when Chauvin and Thao arrived at the scene.
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