INFORUM Article RatingEx-cop Thomas Lane gets 2½ years for violating George Floyd's civil rights
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-12% Somewhat Liberal
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- Politician Portrayal
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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| "He told Lane his sentence must promote respect for the law and serve as a deterrent to law enforcement violations of human rights." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "In his sentence, Magnuson recommended Lane serve his time at a facility in Duluth, with two years of supervised release afterward." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "In court Thursday, Magnuson showed a pile of 145 letters he received on Lane's behalf, describing it as the most letters he's ever received for a defendant." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Lane testified during his trial that he was trying to help Floyd, and that he rode in the ambulance with Floyd and helped paramedics after he was taken away." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Although the defendant did not intend for Mr. Floyd to die, the defendant's failure to provide medical aid had serious consequences for Mr. Floyd, Mr. Floyd's family, defendant Lane's fellow law enforcement officers and the broader community, federal prosecutors wrote in a filing last month." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Lane was found guilty along with two other former colleagues at a federal trial in February of failing to provide Floyd with needed medical care." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Defense attorney Earl Gray argued Lane should receive downward departures in his sentence because he was substantially less culpable than the other defendants and has accepted responsibility for the crime." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Federal prosecutors had urged Judge Paul Magnuson to sentence Lane to between 63 and 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck while Kueng held down his back and Lane put his weight on Floyd's legs, even after Floyd stopped responding and showed no signs of a pulse." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Lane's defense sought 27 months." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Mieapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 30 months -- 2u00bd years -- in prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Lane pleaded guilty in state court in May to charges of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Lane drew his weapon within moments of confronting Floyd, helped handcuff him, then tried to force him into the back of a squad car." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "He told Lane his sentence must promote respect for the law and serve as a deterrent to law enforcement violations of human rights." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
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32% : He told Lane his sentence must promote respect for the law and serve as a deterrent to law enforcement violations of human rights.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.