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October 25, 2022

Ex-Minneapolis Cop Pleads Guilty to Aiding and Abetting Manslaughter of George Floyd
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In Minnesota, former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng
accepted a deal Monday that will see him plead guilty to aiding and
abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd in
May of 2020. In exchange, state prosecutors agreed to drop a murder
charge against Kueng who faces a likely 42-month prison term at a future
sentencing hearing. On Monday, another former officer, Tou Thao, waived
his right to have a jury decide his fate, and will instead have a judge
weigh existing evidence against him in a stipulated bench trial. Thao
and Kueng are already serving federal prison terms after they were
convicted of depriving George Floyd of his constitutional rights.


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