# Thomas Lane *Minneapolis police officer present at the murder of George Floyd in 2020.* Thomas Lane was one of four [[Minneapolis]] police officers present on May 25, 2020, at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South, where George Floyd, 46, was detained on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20 bill.[^1] The Time Table entry for that date records that [[Derek Chauvin]] knelt on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes 29 seconds while Floyd was handcuffed and prone. It also records that the three other officers present, [[Tou Thao]], [[J. Alexander Kueng]] and Lane, did not intervene.[^1] The project's Sherburne County at-issue ledger (entry AI-Sherburne-092) records that Lane, Thao and Kueng were released on bond before trial. It also records that none of the three, and not Chauvin, was held at the [[Sherburne County Jail]].[^2] The ledger marks the entry as a negative finding.[^2] ## Who In 2020 Lane was an officer of the Minneapolis Police Department.[^1] The Time Table entry names him, with Thao and Kueng, as one of three officers at the scene who did not intervene while Chauvin restrained Floyd.[^1] ## What Floyd had been detained on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20 bill. A 17-year-old bystander filmed the restraint.[^1] At the time, the department's use-of-force policy listed the neck restraint as an authorized technique.[^1] Over 19 years of service, Chauvin had received 17 prior civilian complaints. None of them produced discipline affecting his employment.[^1] ## When The arrest and restraint took place on May 25, 2020.[^1] ## Where The events took place at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis.[^1] ## How Floyd was handcuffed and prone while Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes 29 seconds. Lane, Thao and Kueng did not intervene.[^1] ## In the at-issue record Entry AI-Sherburne-092 in the project's Sherburne County ledger records that Thao, Kueng and Lane were released on bond pretrial. It also records that Chauvin and those three officers were not held at the Sherburne County Jail.[^2] The ledger lists its source kind as an agency source on the justice.gov domain. The only URL attached to the entry is the March 2026 White House presidential action *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud*, which the entry cites as its anchor.[^2] The pack contains no court document or Department of Justice record of the bond releases. ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Thomas Lane, Minneapolis police officer, was one of four officers present at the May 25, 2020 arrest of George Floyd.[^1] ### What - Floyd was detained on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes 29 seconds, and Lane, Thao and Kueng did not intervene.[^1] ### When - May 25, 2020.[^1] ### Where - 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia, *Murder of George Floyd*, as cited by Minnesota wiki Time Table row TL-0881 (May 25, 2020). Records the date and location; the four officers present and the non-intervention of Thao, Kueng and Lane; the 9 minutes 29 seconds; the counterfeit $20 bill suspicion; the bystander's filming; the use-of-force policy listing; and Chauvin's 17 complaints in 19 years without discipline affecting his employment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd [^2]: The White House, *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud* (March 2026). This is the anchor of the project's at-issue entry AI-Sherburne-092, which records the pretrial bond releases of Thao, Kueng and Lane and that none of them, and not Chauvin, was held at the Sherburne County Jail. The presidential action is the entry's anchor and is not a record of bond status. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/establishing-the-task-force-to-eliminate-fraud/