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J. Alexander Kueng, one of the officers involved in the tragic 2020 death of George Floyd, is set to be released from prison. According to CBS News, this week, the Federal Bureau of Prisons issued a statement confirming that Kueng would be freed from a Federal Correctional Institution in Elkton, Ohio. Kare 11 noted that the former officer was set to be released Jan. 15.
Kueng was one of four officers involved in the fatal restraint of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The former officer kneeled on the 46-year-old’s back as former police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes. During the restraint, former officer Thomas Lane held Floyd’s legs so that he could not move, and Officer Tou Thao stood guard, preventing bystanders from intervening. All four officers were later fired and convicted on both state and federal charges for their roles in Floyd’s death. The tragic incident, captured on video by a bystander, ignited global protests and fueled a larger movement demanding accountability for racial injustice…