Read the aiding-and-abetting-murder charges against 3 fired Minneapolis police officers

By Star Tribune

June 3, 2020 at 11:18PM
The booking mugs of, from left, former Minneapolis officers J Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao.
The booking mugs of the three former Minneapolis officers charged Wednesday were released. From left are J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. (Hennepin County jail/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Attorney General Keith Ellison's office upgraded charges against the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck and charged the other three officers at the scene with of aiding and abetting murder.

Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were each charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder while committing a felony, and with aiding and abetting second-degree murder manslaughter with culpable negligence.

Read the charges for Thao, Kueng and Lane below. (Some personal identifying information has been removed.)

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