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The federal government brought civil rights charges against four officers in May 2021.

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced two former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyds civil rights to lighter terms than recommended in sentencing guidelines, calling one “truly a rookie officer” and describing the other as “a good police officer, father and husband.”

(from left) Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao; officers involved in George Floyd’s death ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The last two former Minneapolis police officers

J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced to three years and Tou Thao got 3 1/2 years — penalties that a judge said reflected their level of culpability in a case that sparked worldwide protests.

The federal government brought civil rights charges against four officers in May 2021.

A former Minneapolis police officer convicted of violating George Floyds civil rights was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to three years in prison, with a judge citing J. Alexander Kuengs rookie status in handing down a punishment lighter than called for in guidelines.

Two former Minneapolis police officers, Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, were sentenced to prison on Wednesday for violating George Floyd's civil rights.

The federal judge who sentenced Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison on a civil rights charge in the killing of George Floyd says the former Minneapolis police officer

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The federal judge who sentenced Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday on a civil rights conviction in George Floyd's

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is about to swap solitary confinement at Minnesota’s only maximum security prison for an unknown future at a federal prison