Three-and-a-half years imprisonment for ex-police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s back

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Minneapolis (US): Former Minneapolis police officer J Alexander Kueng, who kneeled African-American George Floyd’s back in the US, was sentenced on Friday to three-and-a-half years in prison. Went. Quang held Floyd’s back with a knee on May 25, 2020, while another police officer was kneeling on his neck. During this, Floyd died due to shortness of breath and suffocation.

There were massive protests in the US after the video of the incident surfaced. Quang was convicted in October of abetting and aiding abetting second-degree murder. He is already serving a federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights. He was presented in court via video conferencing from jail in Ohio.

George Floyd

Significantly, on May 25, 2020, former police officer Derek Chauvin held Floyd’s neck with his knee for about nine minutes, due to which he died. During the trial, Quang admitted that he held Floyd’s back tightly and that he knew from his experience and police training that holding the handcuffed man in this position could prove to be life-threatening.

The killing sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice and the use of force by the police.

In his plea agreement, Keung admitted that he knew from his training that restraining a handcuffed person in a prone position came with serious risks and that using the technique on Floyd was unreasonable under the circumstances, reports AP news agency.

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