The second of four officers involved in the death of George Floyd has reportedly been released from jail after he posted bail.
J. Alexander Keung, 26, walked out of the Hennepin County Jail Friday night after meeting his bail, which was set at $750,000, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
Keung is one of the three former Minneapolis officers charged with aiding and abetting the second-degree murder of George Floyd. Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed George by kneeling on his neck, was charged with second-degree murder.
In addition to Keung, 37-year-old Thomas Lane was the only other ex-officer charged in George Floyd’s death to be released on bail. Tou Thao, who also faced the same aiding and abetting charges, is still in jail on $750,000 bail.
Chauvin’s bail was set at $1.25 million.
Kueng, of Plymouth, was working only his third shift as a full-time officer, according to his defense attorneys.
About 8:08 p.m. on May 25th, Kueng and Lane responded to a call about a man using a counterfeit $20 bill at a place called Cup Foods.
The two officers found Floyd sitting in a nearby car, handcuffed him and attempted to put him in their squad car while Chauvin and Thao arrived to assist.
During George’s arrest, Kueng took his pulse and told his colleagues, “I couldn’t find one,” according to the criminal complaint.
Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for about two minutes after Kueng’s remarks, according to the charges brought against them.
Since George Floyd’s untimely death, global demonstrations against racial injustice and police brutality have ensued and police reform legislation has been proposed on the local, state and federal levels.
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