Thomas Lane, ex-Minneapolis officer convicted in George Floyd's murder, released from prison

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the former Minneapolis police officers convicted in the murder of George Floyd has been released from custody, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Thomas Lane was found guilty in 2022 of violating Floyd's civil rights when former officer Derek Chauvin murdered Floyd on May 25, 2020. Lane was sentenced in 2022 to 2.5 years in federal prison.

Lane was convicted earlier that year on state charges of aiding and abetting manslaughter and was sentenced to three years. Two of those years were served concurrently with his federal sentence, which ended on Feb. 26 of this year, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.