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The sentence will run concurrently with the 3-1/2 years Thao previously received on a federal conviction of violating Floyd's civil rights, Fox 9 in Minneapolis reported. Cahill in May found Thao guilty of one count of aiding and abetting manslaughter in the second degree for his role in Floyd's death. Thao, a nine-year veteran of the police force, was the fourth and final officer sentenced in the killing. Lane was sentenced to 2-1/2 years and Kueng to three years in federal prison, to run concurrently with the state sentence. Last year, he received a concurrent sentence of 21 years in prison on federal charges of violating Floyd's civil rights.
Persons: Tou Thao, George Floyd, Peter Cahill, Keith Ellison, Thao, Cahill, Derek Chauvin, Floyd, Thomas Lane, J, Alexander Kueng, Chauvin, Lane, Kueng, Brendan O'Brien, Will Dunham Organizations: Former Minnesota, Hennepin County Sheriff's, REUTERS, Former Minneapolis, Minnesota, Fox, Thomson Locations: Hennepin County Jail, Minneapolis , Minnesota, U.S, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, United States, Kueng, Chicago
CNN —A Minnesota judge found former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao guilty of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter for his role in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, according to court documents filed Monday. “Like the bystanders, Thao could see Floyd’s life slowly ebbing away as the restraint continued,” Cahill wrote in the verdict. Tou Thao Hennepin County Sheriff's Office“The conviction of Tou Thao is historic and the right outcome,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, the lead prosecutor of Floyd’s murder, said in a statement. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in state court and was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison in June 2021. Lane, Kueng and Thao were found guilty in federal court of violating Floyd’s civil rights and of failing to intervene to stop Chauvin during the restraint.
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