Another former Minneapolis police officer has pled guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd by kneeling on his back. In exchange for J Alexander Kueng's guilty plea just as jury selection was to begin, a count of aiding and abetting second-degree murder will be dismissed.
Kueng is the second officer to plead guilty to the state charge. Thomas Lane earlier pled guilty to the same count. Their former colleague, Tou Thao, is still scheduled to face trial this week.
All three have already been convicted on federal counts of wilfully violating the civil rights of Mr Floyd, who was black. Lane was sentenced to two and a half years in the federal case. Kueng was sentenced to three years and Thao was sentenced to three and a half years, but for some Floyd family members and activists, the penalties were too small.
