- J. Alexander Kueng, Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are the four officers convicted of George Floyd’s murder.
- He pleaded guilty to second-degree accessory to manslaughter in October 2022.
- Kueng was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
J. Alexander Küng, one of the former Minneapolis police officers responsible for the assassination of George FloydHe was sentenced to prison on Friday (Dec. 9). Kueng, 29, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree assisted manslaughter. Kueng pleaded guilty on a plea bargain, with the state agreeing to drop charges of second-degree unintentional murder CNN.
Keung appeared from afar for sentencing. He is currently serving a three-year federal sentence at the US Bureau of Prisons’ Elkton facility in Lisbon, Ohio, for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. “The conviction of Alexander Kueng for his role in the killing of George Floyd provides further justice to the Floyd family,” the attorneys said Ben Crump, antonio romanucci, and Jeff Storms — the team representing Floyd’s family — said in a statement. “As the family faces another Christmas without George, we hope moments like these continue to bring them some measure of peace as we know George’s death was not in vain.”
In February 2022 J. Alexander KüngThomas Lane, and Tu Thao was sentenced to hurt George Floyds civil rights when they failed to secure medical care for Floyd as an officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee onto Floyd’s neck, resulting in his death. Kueng and Thao were also accused of failing to intervene when Chauvin harmed Floyd.
If an officer sees a colleague attempting to choke someone, they must intervene verbally or, if necessary, physically. Otherwise, they could face the same severe punishment as the officer who commits the prohibited act, he said Associated Press. In addition, the chief of police or a deputy chief of police must approve the use of chemical agents, rubber bullets, flashbangs, batons, and tracer bullets.
In the now-viral video of George’s death, Chauvin is the cop who pinned George to the ground with his knee on the black man’s neck. Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng reportedly held George’s legs and back, respectively, while Tou Thao instructed viewers to “get back onto the sidewalk. The death of George Floyd sparked massive outrage, which was followed by numerous protests against systemic racial oppression and police brutality.
He was one of the two officers who first confronted George Floyd
It was Officers Lane and Kueng who contacted George Floyd after someone at the Cup Foods market reported a man who had bought goods with a counterfeit $20 bill, according to a criminal complaint filed by prosecutors filed by Hennepin County. According to the document obtained from HollywoodLife, the cops approached George’s car, with Lane speaking to George while Kueng spoke to the passenger in the passenger seat. Officer Lane ordered George out of the vehicle, laid hands on him and handcuffed him. Officers Chauvin and Thao arrived shortly thereafter. The four tried to get Floyd into a police car while George struggled, saying he was claustrophobic.
Chauvin finally pinned George to the ground, one knee pinning his neck. Chauvin held the knee there for almost nine minutes. At around 8:24 p.m., George stopped moving. J. Alexander Küng checked the pulse when an ambulance arrived. George Floyd was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
He received his law enforcement degree months before the Gorge Floyd murder.
Like Officer Lane, J. Alexander Kueng was a relative newcomer to the MPD. He received his law enforcement license in August 2019, at the same time Lane received his license.
Keung had no previous complaints against him.
Unlike officer Tou Thao, who was the subject of a lawsuit in 2017 over an alleged incident of police brutality in 2014 (and against whom six police complaints were also pending at the time of his arrest), J. Alexander Kueng had no complaints against his record prior to his release .
His family didn’t talk about him at first.
Although a relative of Officer Lane defended him Star Tribune (“He doesn’t have a bad bone in his body”), a relative of Kueng’s was in no mood to chat. “There’s no way to comment,” a local relative told the publication, “so don’t start.”
His former fellow officers also received prison sentences
Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, in addition to the 22.5 years he received in June 2021 for second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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