MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao plan to appeal their federal prison sentences for violating George Floyd's civil rights during his 2020 killing.
On Wednesday, attorneys for the two ex-officers filed their intent to appeal the sentences handed down last month by Senior U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson.
Magnuson sentenced the two on the same day last month, bringing to a close the federal civil rights criminal case against the four former officers involved in Floyd's death. Kueng received three years in prison and Thao was sentenced to 3½ years.
