One of the officers charged in George Floyd's killing was hired despite having a criminal record

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Before he was hired as a Minneapolis police officer, Thomas Lane worked a variety of jobs in the service industry and had a laundry list of criminal charges and traffic citations, according to records obtained by Insider.

Lane, who started as a police cadet in 2019, was only on his fourth shift as a full-time officer on May 25 when Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, his attorney said.

Lane, 37, is one of the three other officers who were there when Floyd was killed. He now faces charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. He was still on probation with the department when he was fired on May 26.

In court on Thursday, attorneys for Lane and his colleague J. Alexander Kueng — who was also a rookie with the department — attempted to humanize their clients, putting a majority of the blame on Chauvin, who was their training officer.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-officers-charged-george-floyd-185353560.html

[dawg day]

1. Two rookies-- Chauvin knew they wouldn't stop him.

Chauvin, btw, seems to have illegally registered and voted in Florida. (Has a home there, but isn't a legal resident, obviously, as he lives in MN.)

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-candidate-alleges-voter-fraud-derek-chauvin-20200605-6hdffv6huvglrmgdpfc5krthym-story.html

[Quemado]

2. Lane's rap sheet.

State court records (http://pa.courts.state.mn.us/default.aspx) show that from 2001 to 2018, he also racked up more than a dozen criminal charges and traffic citations. They show that he was convicted of seven total charges.

While the online court database doesn't include the incident reports behind the criminal complaints, it does indicate the nature of the charges and their results.

Four of the charges were related to traffic violations, including speeding and obstructing traffic. Two were parking-meter violations.

In several instances, Lane also faced criminal charges.

In October 2001, when Lane was 18, he was charged with two counts of obstructing legal process, damaging property, unlawful assembly, and disorderly conduct. He was convicted of one count of obstructing legal process and one charge of damaging property.

Almost six years later, in March 2007, Lane faced misdemeanor charges of hosting a noisy party or gathering and disorderly conduct. He was found guilty of the noisy-gathering charge.

https://www.insider.com/fired-minneapolis-police-officer-thomas-lane-had-criminal-record-2020-6

[Tipperary]

6. Damn, I do not think even the military will take someone with that record.

Now he has even more charges. What a total loser.

[Chainfire]

3. The article claims he had a criminal record

but did not say what criminal charges he had been convicted of.

What is a "slew" of traffic charges? I have had three speeding tickets in the last 55 years, is that a slew?

I am not trying to protect a cop is now charged with a deadly serious crime, but stories like this one should source their allegations, otherwise they can't be trusted as being true.

[ehrnst]

7. From the article:

While the online court database doesn't include the incident reports behind the criminal complaints, it does indicate the nature of the charges and their results.

Four of the charges were related to traffic violations, including speeding and obstructing traffic. Two were parking-meter violations.

In October 2001, when Lane was 18, he was charged with two counts of obstructing legal process, damaging property, unlawful assembly, and disorderly conduct. He was convicted of one count of obstructing legal process and one charge of damaging property.

Almost six years later, in March 2007, Lane faced misdemeanor charges of hosting a noisy party or gathering and disorderly conduct. He was found guilty of the noisy-gathering charge.

In Lane's application to be a police cadet, sections that included his criminal and traffic history, as well as whether he had been fired from any jobs, were redacted.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Cool!

Part of his rehabilitation plan?
Did the plan include participating in torture?

[leftieNanner]

5. I'm stunned that he was hired with that kind of a record

Someone I know applied to be a sheriff and he passed virtually every test with flying colors. Then they did a background check on him and found an unpaid speeding ticket from half way across the country (he must have figured he wouldn't ever get caught) ten years ago and they threw him out of the program and told him to never come back. I guess the difference is that my friend didn't pay the ticket.

[uponit7771]

8. Looks like traffic tickets and looting violations, anything violent? tia