CUAPB founder Michelle Gross reflects on the murder of George Floyd and how coalition work has sustained the fight for justice and police accountability ever since.
Tou Thao
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Former Officer in George Floyd’s Murder Set for Release from Prison
J. Alexander Kueng, one of the former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s killing, is set to be released from federal prison in January 2025, after serving a 3 ½ year sentence on state charges and a 3 year sentence on federal charges.
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Last former MPD officer sentenced for George Floyd’s murder
The last of the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the murder of George Floyd has been sentenced four years and nine months.
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Final officer in George Floyd murder case convicted of state charges
‘The short of it: Tou Thao did not want to follow the proper protocol and the work it would entail. George Floyd died as a result.’
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Third officer involved in George Floyd’s death pleads guilty; the last stands trial
The state trial of one of the officers involved in killing George Floyd began this week as another officer involved accepted a plea deal.Â
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Kueng and Thao reject plea deal
Two former Minneapolis police officers involved with George Floyd’s murder rejected a state plea deal on Monday.
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Ex-officers Kueng, Thao sentenced for violating George Floyd’s civil rights
All four officers involved in George Floyd’s murder have now been sentenced in federal court.
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Trial delayed for Kueng, Thao in the killing of George Floyd
The state trial of two of the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the killing of George Floyd has been delayed. The trial of J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao will now take place on Jan. 5, 2023.
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Chauvin’s colleagues convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights
The three former Minneapolis police officers who were with Derek Chauvin while he murdered George Floyd were convicted of depriving Floyd of his civil rights late Thursday afternoon.Â
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Judge sets rules in federal trial for formers officers involved in the murder of George Floyd
The three officers involved in the murder of George Floyd convened in a federal courtroom before Judge Paul Magnuson for the first time on Tuesday, January 11.
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The latest: from aggravating factors to federal indictments
Four former Minneapolis police officers have been indicted by a federal grand jury for violating George Floyd’s constitutional rights, while the state trial for the three other officers has been continued to March 2022.
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Trial for former MPD officers charged in George Floyd’s death delayed until 2022
The state trial for former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, and J. Alexander Kueng in the killing of George Floyd has been pushed back to March 7, 2022.
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Former MPD officers indicted on federal civil rights charges in the killing of George Floyd; Chauvin also charged for 2017 incident
The four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s fatal arrest have been indicted on federal civil rights charges.
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Tentative trial date set for next year for former officers charged in George Floyd’s death
The four fired MPD officers charged in the death of George Floyd appeared in court on Monday.
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Charges against former officer Chauvin upgraded to 2nd-degree murder; remaining officers charged in fatal arrest of George Floyd
Charges against former police officer Derek Chauvin has been changed from third-degree murder to second-degree murder and charges have been filed against the remaining officers in the death of George Floyd.