George Floyd: Ex-officer J Alexander Kueng sentenced for manslaughter
George Floyd: Ex-officer J Alexander Kueng sentenced for manslaughter
Dec 09, 2022 by BBC News - Home
Key Facts
- Image source, Star Tribune via Getty Images Image caption, J Alexander Kueng was one of four police officer involved in the May 2020 arrest of George Floyd A former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd's back has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his role in Mr Floyd's death.
- J Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in October.
- In April 2021, former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on state murder and manslaughter charges for kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck for more than nine minute and sentenced to 22-and-a-half years in jail.
- As well as Chauvin, the other officers involved were given sentences of varying lengths for the federal charges: J Alexander Kueng was given a 36-month sentence for failing to intervene Tou Thao was sentenced to 42-months in prison.
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