Tou Thao (L); J. Alexander Kueng.Photo: HANDOUT/Hennepin County Jail/AFP via Getty Images
The last two officers involved in the death ofGeorge Floydhave received prison sentences for “depriving [Floyd] of his Constitutional rights.”
Ina Wednesday release, the United States Department of Justice revealed that the two former Minneapolis Police Department officers — Tou Thao, 36, and J. Alexander Kueng, 28 — have been ordered to serve 42 months and 36 months in prison, respectively.
They all testified on their own behalf to say they were trusting Chauvin’s lead, while Kueng and Thao each faced an additional charge of failing to intervene as Chauvin harmed Floyd, on which they were also found guilty.
Kueng and Thao’s sentencing comes about a week after PEOPLE confirmed that Lane, 39, wassentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison. Chauvin, 46, wassentenced to 21 years in federal prisonearlier this month.
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In the Wednesday release, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said, “All four officers involved in the tragic death of George Floyd have now been convicted in federal court, sentenced to prison and held accountable for their crimes.”
District of Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger said Thao and Kueng “failed to take any action” when it came to helping prevent “theagonizing death of Mr. Floyd,“adding, “These sentences reaffirm that every law enforcement officer, whether rookie or senior, has an affirmative duty to protect individuals in their custody.”
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Chauvinpleaded guilty in December 2021to related federal charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights, months afterhis conviction in state courtfor killing Floyd resultedin a sentence of22 and a half years in prison.
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