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Jul 27, 2022 · Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was sentenced Wednesday to three-and-a-half years for violating George Floyd's civil rights, while J. Alexander Kueng received a three-year sentence.
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Aug 7, 2023 · Tou Thao, who worked for the Minneapolis Police Department, held back bystanders as other officers restrained Mr. Floyd in a way that led to his death.
Aug 7, 2023 · Tou Thao, who had held crowds back as other officers restrained Floyd, was found guilty of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter by a jury in May. He had claimed that he merely served as ...
Aug 7, 2023 · More than three years after Floyd's murder ignited a global movement, Tou Thao appeared in Hennepin County District Court to bring the last remaining criminal case to closure. His was the final ...
Aug 7, 2023 · Tou Thao, right, stands with his defense attorney Robert Paule during his sentencing hearing in Hennepin County District Court on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Minneapolis, Minn. 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.
May 2, 2023 · Tou Thao Hennepin Co. Jail As now-ex officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, knelt on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, Thao, who is Hmong-American, stopped bystanders from intervening.
Jul 27, 2022 · ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Justice Department announced today that former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao, 36, was sentenced to serve 42 months in prison, and former Minneapolis Police Officer J. Alexander Kueng, 28, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison, for depriving George Floyd Jr. of his constitutional rights.
