ONE of the cops who was charged over the “murder” of George Floyd was hired despite having a criminal record and a slew of traffic violations.
Thomas Lane, 37, had a list of offences leading up to his employment as a police cadet in 2019, according to public records.
Lane was one of the four cops who were arrested following George Floyd’s death last week.
The 46-year-old died after officer Derek Chauvin was seen in a now viral video kneeling on his neck during an arrest.
Lane now faces charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter, following Floyd’s death.
He was still on probation when he was fired on May 26 and had only worked four shifts with the force, CBS reported.
However, public records have shown that Lane racked up more than a dozen criminal charges and traffic citations and was convicted of seven charges, Insider reported.
Four of the charges were relating to traffic violations and two were parking-meter violations, according to the outlet.
However, in October 2001, Lane was reportedly 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.
Then in March 2007, Lane faced misdemeanor charges of hosting a noisy party or gathering and disorderly conduct and was found guilty of the noise-gathering charge, the outlet said.
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In Lane’s job application, any information about his criminal charges were redacted.
The former officer is now being held at a bail of $750,000.
The complaint against Lane, 37, notes that he asked about rolling Floyd on his side and wondered about delirium, but went on to say that Lane “took no actions to assist Mr. Floyd, to change his position, or to reduce the force the officers were using against Mr. Floyd”, AP reports.