UPDATE: 2 former Minneapolis police officers who were found guilty on federal charges of violating the civil rights of George Floyd have been sentenced to prison.
A judge sentenced J. Alexander Kueng to three years and Tou Thao to three and a half years for their roles in Floyd's 2020 death. Both are also required to complete two years of supervised release when their prison sentences end.of depriving Floyd of his civil rights while acting under government authority when they failed to give him medical aid, and also of not intervening to stop their fellow officer Derek Chauvin from using excessive force.
Kueng and Thao still face state charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, in a trial set for late October. Lane and Kueng, both rookie officers and partners on the call, were on top of Floyd, a Black man, as Chauvin applied deadly pressure to Floyd’s neck and he gasped for air. Thao had been in charge of crowd control.Kueng did not speak during the hearing.
“Throughout this two year journey, I’ve never seen so much corruption in this case," Thao told the court."I thought this was Hollywood.”
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