Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison over state charges for his involvement in George Floyd's death.
Kueng agreed to the 3.5-year sentence under the plea deal afterAs part of the, Kueng admitted that he knowingly assisted in restraining Floyd by holding his torso despite knowing the substantial risk of death due to positional asphyxia.
He also acknowledged that such a restraint was unreasonable under the circumstances and constituted an unlawful use of force.Kueng and fellow former Minneapolis officer Tou Thao had previously rejected a plea deal.The big picture:After a separate federal civil rights trial, Kueng and Thao, along with former officer Thomas Lane, were
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