Drake has already issued his take on this interview between Thomas Lane’s lawyer and CNN host Chris Cuomo, but there’s quite a bit more to unpack from it.
Lane, one of the four police officers responsible for the death of George Floyd, had his lawyer, Earl Gray conduct an interview with Chris Cuomo where they discussed Lane’s defense and the case. The interview resulted in a few incendiary remarks on Gray’s side.
Gray attempted to flip things so that was it the public’s fault that Floyd died, which Cuomo stopped immediately to counter. “If the public is there and they’re so in an uproar about this, they didn’t intercede either,” Gray said, referring to those who witnessed and filmed the murder.
“I understand that he has a senior officer telling him what to do, but he also has a duty to intervene,” Cuomo said. “The idea that the civilians should have rushed in to a policing situation in the inner city of Minneapolis against four police officers that have weapons and are kneeling on the kneck of a man- don’t you think that’s asking too much of civilians and a little too little of your client?”
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Getty Images & Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office Getty Images
Gray doesn’t seem to have anything else to say in response to Cuomo’s remarks but agree. “Absolutely,” he said before stumbling over his words, “I just brought that up…” You can watch this particular clip in the tweet below.
Elsewhere in the interview, Gray cited the fact that it was only Lane’s fourth full day on the job, and Chauvin was his senior training officer. He also referenced the fact that Lane suggested they roll Floyd over on his side, which Chauvin ignored.
“What’s telling, what’s compelling, is when the ambulance comes, my client goes in the ambulance,” Gray said. “Four days on the force, goes in the ambulance and starts his own CPR, pushing down on the chest, which he did for a lengthy period of time, until he got the machine up, attempting to revive Mr. Floyd.”
As we reported on earlier, Lane is apparently soliciting donations from the public in his court fight.
