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County attorney concludes Minneapolis officers justified in fatal shooting of Andrew Tekle Sundberg

MINNEAPOLIS — The Hennepin County Attorney's Office said Wednesday that no charges will be filed for the fatal police shooting of a man during a standoff at his Minneapolis apartment building in July, finding that the officers involved were justified.

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Police officer who knelt on George Floyd's back during his murder is jailed

J. Alexander Kueng was part of a team of four cops involved in the incident, with one holding his legs and another stopping the public from approaching them in May 2020.

Daily Record

Former Minneapolis Officer J. Alexander Kueng sentenced for aiding George Floyd's killing

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the ex-officers already imprisoned for his role in helping to hold down George Floyd as he pleaded for his life in a south Minneapolis street two years ago received a 3 1/2-year state sentence Friday.

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Ex-Minneapolis officer sentenced to 3.5 years over George Floyd charges

J. Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in October.

Axios

Police officer who knelt on George Floyd's back during his murder is JAILED

Former Minneapolis cop J. Alexander Kueng has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail after pleading guilty to the aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd

Daily Mirror

Cop who held Floyd's torso to be sentenced for manslaughter

The former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's back as one of his colleagues pinned the Black man's neck to the pavement is being sentenced on a state count

The Independent UK

Kueng pleads guilty to state charges in George Floyd killing, Thao to let judge decide his case

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the two ex-Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing pleaded guilty Monday, and the other officer agreed to waive his right to a jury trial that was scheduled to begin this week.

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Former US police officer pleads guilty in George Floyd killing

Second officer to plead guilty to state charge agrees to deal that calls for three and a half years in prison.

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Ex-Minneapolis officer pleads guilty to abetting murder of George Floyd

J Alexander Kueng to serve 3.5 years in prison to run concurrently with previous sentence he was given in federal trial

The Guardian - US

George Floyd death cop admits aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter during restraint

J Alexander Kueng restrained the handcuffed 46-year-old by kneeling on his back as his disgraced colleague Derek Chauvin pinned him to the ground by his neck.

Daily Record

Kueng pleads guilty to state charges in George Floyd killing; Thao to let judge decide his case

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the two ex-Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing is pleading guilty, and the other officer has agreed not to proceed with his state trial scheduled to begin Monday.

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Ex-Minneapolis cop pleads guilty in George Floyd killing

A former Minneapolis police officer has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd just as jury selection was about to begin, though another ex-officer is still headed to trial

The Independent UK

Former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death pleads guilty

Jury selection in the trial of J. Alexander Kueng was set to begin Monday.

Axios

Just before a trial concerning George Floyd's murder, an ex-officer pleads guilty

A trial was set to begin in Minnesota court for former officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng. In a turnabout, Kueng will plead guilty to aiding and abetting the manslaughter of Floyd.

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State trial set to begin for 2 former police officers over role in George Floyd's murder

MINNEAPOLIS — Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the joint trial of a pair of ex-Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing, nearly 2 1/2 years after his death.

The Independent UK

Timeline of events since George Floyd's arrest and murder

George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020 sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of his arrest

The Independent UK

2 cops head to trial for aiding George Floyd's killing

Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd are heading to trial on state aiding and abetting counts in what will be the third and likely final criminal trial stemming from the Black man's death

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Cops killed George Floyd — not fentanyl

Parroting drug war propaganda, Ye repeats the lie that fentanyl and methamphetamine killed George Floyd

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Ahead of manslaughter trial this month, litany of motions heard for ex-officers in George Floyd killing

MINNEAPOLIS — The joint trial scheduled for a pair of ex-Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing later this month will mark the latest proceeding after two and a half years in and out of state and federal courtrooms amid the nationwide reckoning in policing reignited…

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Litany of motions heard ahead of ex-Minneapolis officers' trial this month for George Floyd's killing

MINNEAPOLIS — A litany of 170 motions were argued in Hennepin County District court ahead of the joint trial of two ex-Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing, and who are already serving federal sentences for violating Floyd's civil rights.

The Independent UK

State, cops seek to bar evidence in trial over Floyd killing

Prosecutors and defense attorneys for two former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd have filed more than 100 motions to limit testimony or evidence that will be allowed at trial

The Independent UK

2 guilty of violating Floyd's rights to begin federal term

Two of the four former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights are scheduled to begin serving their federal sentences Tuesday

Reuters

Former Minneapolis police officer gets 3 years in prison in Floyd killing

A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting in the killing of George Floyd, a Black man whose death outraged people around the world, was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Thomas Lane: Former police officer jailed for ‘aiding and abetting’ death of George Floyd

A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd has been sentenced to three years.

Tribune News Service

Ex-officer Thomas Lane sentenced for manslaughter in George Floyd killing

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to three years in prison in Hennepin County District Court for his role in George Floyd's killing more than two years ago.

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