3 ex-cops convicted of rights violations in Floyd killing

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted Thursday of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, as a federal jury rejected their arguments that inexperience, improper training or the distraction of shouting bystanders excused them from failing to prevent Floyd’s killing.

Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were convicted of depriving Floyd of his right to medical care as the 46-year-old Black man was pinned under fellow Officer Derek Chauvin’s knee for 9 1/2 minutes while handcuffed, facedown on the street on May 25, 2020. Kueng knelt on Floyd’s back, Lane held his legs and Thao kept bystanders back.

Thao and Kueng were also convicted of failing to intervene to stop Chauvin in the videotaped killing that sparked protests in Minneapolis and around the globe as part of a reckoning over racial injustice.

Lane shook his head and looked at his attorney as his verdict was read, according to a pool report. Thao and Kueng showed no visible emotion.

[chocolatpi]

1. What sentence will they receive?

Will there be appeals?

[hippywife]

5. According to an article I read earlier today...

it's punishable by prison sentence up to life, and even possibly the death penalty depending on the injury caused, according to the DOJ. Now, whether anything like that happens here is left to be seen.

[secondwind]

2. I never could understand how they didn't realize that

they were killing this poor man….

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3. Statement from the Department of Justice

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[BlueIdaho]

4. Glad to see Merrick's name on something

It’s a refreshing change.