The former Minneapolis police officer Alexander Kueng, who had kneeled on George Floyd’s back, gets 3.5 years in prison for aiding in manslaughter.
At 930 a.m. EST, ABC News published the sentencing of Alexander Kueng. The hearing had not even started and was pushed to the afternoon due to tech difficulties with the Bureau of Prisoners.

BREAKING: J. Alexander Kueng is sentenced to 3 1/2 YEARS in prison on a state count of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd’s death. pic.twitter.com/kD1UcrBXQs— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) December 9, 2022
BREAKING: J. Alexander Kueng is sentenced to 3 1/2 YEARS in prison on a state count of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd’s death. pic.twitter.com/kD1UcrBXQs
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) December 9, 2022
Comments and Reactions.
Holly Griffith Beton and others have this to say.
George may not have been a Model Citizen, But he was Human & No Human should be treated that way nor Suffer the way he did before he died. This police officer is the kind of police officer that gives All police officers a bad name. He should have gotten a stiffer sentence than this.Onyeyilichukwu Daniel Ndubuisi
Better 3.5 days after taking someone’s life,” making the wife widow and children fatherless’ better his wife and kids with his entire family be away from him for a very long time, so he understands what evil he has committedNadine Liberty
That’s it! For taking a mans life. Let’s pat him on the back for murdering a man on the streets in full view of a witness without care! What happened to the slogan be tough on crimes? Or is it just for everyone but murdering officers?Allen Matthys
Well, lock them up and show everyone that there is no justice. I’m going to be voting Democrat from now on because I hate America, and I want this country to sufferIt’s sad because his training stated that he was supposed to get off his back and allow him to breathe. He questioned it, but he FOLLOWED the lead of the senior officer who should never havebeen an officer in the first place.
Wow, jail for doing your job as you were trained to do. Unreal ( to clarify, cause it seems no one reads, this officer was NOT the one kneeling on Floyd’s neck and was NOT the officer who killed him. This officer pinned him down and applied pressure to his lower back which is what they are supposed to do.)