“Once again, our judicial system favored people that should be locked up forever,” George Floyd’s uncle, Selwyn Jones, said about the two ex-Minneapolis cops sentenced for violating his nephew's civil rights this week.
Former Minnesota police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday, following their convictions for violating George Floyd's civil rights.
Steven Lopez was arrested with the now-exonerated "Central Park 5," but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the face of false statements and police pressure to a different mugging the same night.
Former Minnesota police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced in federal court Thursday morning to two-and-a-half years for violating George Floyd's civil rights during the encounter that ended in the man's death.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 21 years for violating George Floyd's civil rights. He made no expression of remorse for his victim's death.
A warrant that was never served on Emmett Till's accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has been found in a Mississippi courthouse. It may allow the wife of one of his killers to face charges now.
Former officer Roy Oliver, who will be eligible for parole in 2026, failed in his effort to appeal his sentence for the 2017 shooting death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards.
Tou Thao and J. Alexander Keung are charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd.
