George Floyd

Published
December 9, 2022

Former police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back sentenced to more than 3 years in prison

J. Alexander Kueng, who is already serving a federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights, appeared at his sentencing hearing via video from a federal prison in Ohio.
Published
October 23, 2022

Two cops head to trial for aiding George Floyd’s killing

J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao have already been convicted of violating Floyd’s civil rights and begun serving those sentences.
Published
October 3, 2022

Two convicted of violating George Floyd’s rights to begin federal term

J. Alexander Kueng, TouThao and Thomas Lane were convicted this year of depriving Floyd of his right to medical care as their fellow police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the man's neck for 9½ minutes.
Published
July 21, 2022

Former officer gets 2 1/2 years for violating Floyd’s rights

Thomas Lane held the Black man's legs as Officer Derek Chauvin pinned his neck with his knee for nearly 9 1/2 minutes on May 25, 2020.
Published
July 7, 2022

Derek Chauvin gets 21 years for George Floyd’s killing

Chauvin agreed to a sentence of 20 to 25 years in his December plea to a federal charge in Floyd's killing.
Published
July 7, 2022

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to get federal sentence for Floyd’s killing

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is about to learn his sentence for federal civil rights violations in the killing of George Floyd.
Published
June 6, 2022

Judge delays trial of 2 former officers in Floyd killing until 2023

A jury consultant says the reason for the postponement seems like a 'strange rationale.'
Published
May 18, 2022

Ex-officer pleads guilty to manslaughter in Floyd killing

The deal comes during a week when the country is focused on the deaths of 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, at the hands of an 18-year-old white man.
Published
February 25, 2022

Sentencing, state trial loom for ex-officers in Floyd’s killing

A federal investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department is also ongoing.
Published
February 24, 2022

Three former police officers convicted of civil rights violations in George Floyd’s killing

The men were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck until the 46-year-old Black man died.