Ex-cop who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5-year term
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Published: Dec. 9, 2022 at 2:44 PM CST
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The former Minneapolis police officer who held down George Floyd’s back as one of his colleagues kneeled on the Black man’s neck has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.
J. Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty in October to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
He is already serving a federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights, and the state and federal sentence will be served at the same time.
Kueng appeared at his sentencing via a video feed from a federal prison in Ohio. When given the chance to address the court, he declined.
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