On the evening of May 25, 2020, at sometime before 8:00 pm, Floyd purchased cigarettes at Cup Foods, a grocery store at the intersection of East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis. Floyd was murdered just left of the awning. The intersection of Chicago Avenue and E. Lane's application to join the police department had portions covering his prior criminal history redacted, including convictions for obstructing legal process and damaging property when he was 18. Kueng and Lane were in their first week as Minneapolis police officers when Floyd was murdered. The man, whom they detained wrongfully, said he had trouble breathing, and the incident was later said to be similar to the arrest of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Kueng and Lane were with Chauvin as the day was part of their field training. On May 3, 2020, video of an arrest incident in Minneapolis showed Chauvin, Kueng, Lane, and another officer roughly detaining a man on the ground as bystanders pleaded for the officers to show mercy. Chauvin was the superior officer responsible for the majority of Kueng's field training. James Alexander Kueng, then 26, and Thomas Kiernan Lane, then 37, were licensed as law enforcement officers in August 2019. The resulting lawsuit was settled for $25,000.
In 2014, a man claimed Thao handcuffed him without cause, threw him to the ground, and punched, kicked, and kneed him the man's teeth were broken and he was hospitalized. Six complaints had been filed against Thao, none resulting in disciplinary action. After a two-year layoff, he resumed work for the police in 2012. He graduated from the police academy in 2009. Tou Thao, a Hmong-American, was aged 34 at the time of Floyd's murder and started as a part-time community service officer in 2008. Chauvin and Floyd sometimes worked overlapping shifts as security guards for a local nightclub, but the club's former owner was unsure of the extent to which they knew each other. He had served in the department since 2001. Was a 44-year-old police officer in the Minneapolis Police Department. Īt the time of Floyd's murder, Derek Michael Chauvin, a white American, The Minneapolis Police Chief cancelled contract negotiations with the police union and announced plans to bring in outside experts to examine how the union contract can be restructured to provide transparency and "flexibility for true reform". However, the city council's proposal, which became subject to an indefinite review by the Minneapolis City Charter Commission, failed to make the 2020 general ballot. In early June 2020, the Minneapolis City Council voted an intent to restructure the police department as a "new community-based system of public safety". įloyd's murder led to worldwide protests against police brutality, police racism, and lack of police accountability. All four officers are facing federal civil rights charges. Kueng, Lane, and Thao are scheduled to be tried on charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder on March 7, 2022. On April 20, Chauvin was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter, and sentenced to 22.5 years in prison on June 25. On March 12, 2021, Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Floyd's family. Two autopsies, and one autopsy review, found Floyd's death to be a homicide. The following day, after videos made by witnesses and security cameras became public, all four officers were fired. Despite this, Chauvin ignored pleas from bystanders to lift his knee from Floyd's neck. For the last couple of minutes, he lay motionless and Officer Kueng found no pulse when urged to check. After several minutes, Floyd stopped speaking.
After being restrained he became more distressed, complaining of breathing difficulties and the knee on his neck, and expressing fear of imminent death. Prior to being placed on the ground, Floyd had exhibited signs of anxiety, complaining about having claustrophobia and being unable to breathe. A fourth police officer, Tou Thao, prevented bystanders from intervening. Lane had also pointed a gun at Floyd's head prior to Floyd being put in handcuffs. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, assisted Chauvin in restraining Floyd. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face-down in the street. Floyd had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46 year old black man, was murdered near the intersection of East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, by then 44-year-old Derek Chauvin, a white police officer with the Minneapolis Police Department. Civil lawsuit resulting in a $27 million settlement
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