George Floyd: Ex-officer J Alexander Kueng sentenced for manslaughter

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His death sparked global outrage and a wave of demonstrations against racial injustice and police use of force.In February, Kueng, along with two other responding officers, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, were also found guilty on federal civil rights charges.Video footage of the arrest shows Kueng and Lane assisting Chauvin by helping to hold Mr Floyd down.- Thomas Lane is serving a two-and-a-half year sentence concurrently with a three-year state sentence for second-degree manslaughterSpeaking in court ahead of the sentencing, prosecutor Matthew Frank said that Kueng "was not simply a bystander in what happened that day", but instead played an "active part"."While the family faces yet another holiday season without George, we hope that moments like these continue to bring them a measure of peace, knowing that George's death was not in vain," they added."

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