Former Officer Alexander Kueng Receives Three-and-a-Half-Year Sentence in Civil Rights Case
The former Minneapolis police officer Alexander Kueng was sentenced to three and a half years in prison following a plea agreement related to his role in the killing of George Floyd in May 2020. Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests and debates about race, policing, and accountability across the United States.
The sentence was issued after Kueng pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting murder in the second degree on the first day of the trial, with prosecutors and defense agreeing on the terms of the resolution in October. In exchange, Kueng withdrew his accomplice claim in the second-degree manslaughter charge, according to the agreement reached with the prosecution.
Kueng appeared in a Minneapolis court while serving time at a federal facility in Ohio for a separate civil rights case involving Floyd. The case drew intense national attention as it connected a broader discussion about police conduct to the specific actions that ended Floyd’s life.
George Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after Derek Chauvin, a former colleague and fellow Minneapolis officer, pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck and back while Floyd was restrained and handcuffed, remaining prone for more than nine minutes. Floyd’s death became a symbol of racial injustice and prompted widespread demonstrations across the United States and beyond, echoing the historical struggles for civil rights that followed the era of Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s.
During the incident, another officer, Thomas Lane, a rookie who was on duty for his fourth day, restrained Floyd with his legs as Kueng held Floyd’s torso, while Tou Thao managed the crowd of bystanders who grew increasingly agitated. The sequence of events and the officers’ actions became central to subsequent legal proceedings and public scrutiny.
Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in a state court and received a lengthy sentence. In a parallel federal proceeding, Chauvin pleaded guilty to violating Floyd’s civil rights in December and was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison, a term set to run concurrently with his state sentence.
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