BREAKING NEWS: Former Minneapolis Police Officer J. Alexander Kueng has been sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Co-defendant Tou Thao is also scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday morning. For live updates ⬇️
Kueng and Thao were convicted in February of two counts of violating Floyd's civil rights in the 2020 slaying. The jury found they deprived the 46-year-old Black man of medical care and failed to stop Derek Chauvin as he knelt on Floyd's neck for 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd gasped for air.
Chauvin, who pleaded guilty last year to violating Floyd's civil rights and the civil rights of a teenager in an unrelated case, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison. Lane, who twice asked if Floyd should be rolled onto his side so he could breathe, was convicted of one count and U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Kueng to 36 months for both charges, to be served concurrently in federal prison. Kueng will surrender himself on Oct.
Lane, who is white, pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter and is awaiting sentencing in that case. He was allowed to remain free on bond after his federal sentencing.
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