Ex-Cops Kueng, Thao Sentenced For Violating George Floyd's Rights
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The former Minneapolis officers were convicted in Feb. of two counts of violating George Floyd's civil rights as Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck.
The last two former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights during his May 2020 killing were sentenced Wednesday in federal court to three and 3 1/2 years, penalties that a judge said reflected their level of culpability in the case that sparked worldwide protests as part of a reckoning over racial injustice.
J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced to three years and Tou Thao got a 3 1/2-year sentence. They were convicted in February of two counts of violating Floyd's civil rights. 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.
As Chauvin pinned Floyd's neck, Kueng held Floyd's back, former Officer Thomas Lane held his feet and Thao kept bystanders back during the killing, which was recorded by a bystander.
