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Rochelle Olson and Andy Mannix

Testimony concludes in George Floyd civil rights trial of 3 former Minneapolis officers after Lane takes the stand

MINNEAPOLIS — Testimony concluded Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers after former Officer Thomas Lane took the stand, saying he didn't realize George Floyd's grave condition until Floyd was rolled onto his back on a stretcher.

Lane was mostly stoic and engaged on the stand but became tearful as he described seeing Floyd's face for the first time after he was prone on the street, his neck pinned under Derek Chauvin's knee for more than nine minutes with his hands cuffed behind his back.

"He didn't look good," Lane said.

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