Tou Thao, a nine-year veteran of the force, held back a small crowd of bystanders while three other officers were subduing George Floyd, who police suspected of using a counterfeit $20 bill at a nearby store.
Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was sentenced on Monday, August 7, to 57 months in prison for aiding and abetting in the, a Black man who died after his neck was pinned to the ground by another officer’s knee during a botched arrest, local media reported.
Thao, a nine-year veteran of the force, held back a small crowd of bystanders while three other officers were subduing Floyd, who police suspected of using a counterfeit $20 bill at a nearby store. The other two officers, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, restrained Floyd’s knees and buttocks while Chauvin knelt on his neck.
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