MPR News PM Update

Feb. 24, 2022

Three fired Minneapolis police officers were found guilty Thursday on all counts of violating George Floyd's civil rights.

Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were on the scene of Floyd’s arrest May 25, 2020, as Derek Chauvin, the senior officer on site, pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes while Floyd, handcuffed and face down on the pavement, pleaded that he couldn’t breathe and died in police custody.

Thao, Kueng and Lane were convicted of failing to provide medical aid to Floyd.

Kueng and Thao were also found guilty of the criminal civil rights charge of failing to intervene to stop Chauvin, who was found guilty in April on state charges of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s killing and later pleaded guilty to the federal charge of violating Floyd’s civil rights.
 
George Floyd killing: Federal jury finds 3 ex-cops guilty on all counts
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