J. Alexander Kueng, a former officer of the Minneapolis Police Department, has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison over state charges for his involvement in the death of George Floyd.
The sentence on Friday comes after Kueng in October pleaded guilty to one state count of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
As part of a plea deal, Kueng agreed to a sentence of 3.5 years in prison in exchange for prosecutors dropping one count of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
The state sentence is to be served simultaneously as his federal sentence and in federal custody. Since early October, Kueng has been in prison in Ohio. He appeared at his sentencing via video from the prison and declined a chance to address the court….