Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, has been sentenced to 4 years and 9 months, even as he denied wrongdoing.
Former officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were each charged with depriving Floyd of his civil rights while acting under government authority.
Thao, she said, “stood by and allowed it to happen” and stopped others from moving in to help the dying man.Floyd’s killing touched off protests worldwide and forced a national reckoning of police brutality and racism.In his 177-page ruling, Cahill said Thao's actions separated Chauvin and two other former officers from the crowd, including an emergency medical technician, allowing his colleagues to continue restraining Floyd and preventing bystanders from providing medical aid.
Thao had rejected a plea bargain on the state charge, saying “it would be lying” to plead guilty when he didn't think he was in the wrong. He instead agreed to let Cahill decide the case based on evidence from Chauvin's 2021 murder trial and the federal civil rights trial in 2022 of Thao and former Officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng.
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Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao to be sentenced Monday in George Floyd's killingThe fourth and final former Minneapolis police officer charged for his role in George Floyd's murder is set to learn his fate on Monday.
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Tou Thao sentenced to over 4 years for his role in George Floyd's killingThe fourth and final former Minneapolis police officer charged for his role in George Floyd's murder was sentenced in court on Monday.
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Ex-Minneapolis officer sentenced to nearly 5 years on state charge for role in George Floyd’s deathTou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced Monday to 4 years and 9 months. Thao had testified that he merely served as a “human traffic cone” when he held back concerned bystanders who gathered as former Officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, knelt on Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes while the Black man pleaded for his life on May 25, 2020. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill found Thao guilty in May of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
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Ex-Minneapolis Officer Tou Thao Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years for Role in George Floyd's KillingTou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, has been sentenced to 4 years and 9 months, even as he denied wrongdoing.
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Ex-Minneapolis officer sentenced to nearly 5 years on state charge for role in George Floyd’s deathEx-Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao has been sentenced to nearly five years on a state charge for his role in George Floyd’s killing. Thao held back concerned bystanders as Floyd pleaded for his life.
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