A former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s back has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison
Washington: 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 the latter’s murder in 2020.
On Friday, a Hennepin County Court judge sentenced J. Alexander Kueng to 42 months — 3.5 years — in prison for aiding and abetting manslaughter for a state charge, reports Xinhua news agency.
This sentence will run concurrently with Kueng’s federal sentence.
He is serving three years in federal prison for violating Floyd’s civil rights.
