Two Out Of The Four Officers Involved In George Floyd’s Death Were New To The Job; One Of The Rookies Was On His 4th Day

On May 25, George Floyd was murdered by Minnesota Officer, Derek Chauvin and 3 other officers who not only stood by, but assisted in killing him as well.

As days go on, more information is being released on the cops who were involved with Floyd’s murder, and as it turns out, two of the officers were newbies.

Thomas Lane, who participated in restraining Floyd, which led to asphyxiation from too much pressure, was originally hired as a cadet in February 2019, according to CNN.

Lane had only been on the police force for four days when the incident took place, his attorney Earl Gray revealed. He had no complaints prior to the murder of Floyd.

J. Alexander Kueng, who also helped restrain Floyd until he unfortunately passed, was a newcomer as well.

While Kueng joined the Minneapolis Police Department as a cadet in February 2019, he became a police officer back in December.

The day of Floyd’s death was only Kueng’s third shift as a police officer, according to his attorney, Thomas Plunkett. Chauvin was training Kueng. Kueng also had no prior complaints.

Chauvin, however, had been with the Minneapolis Police Department for almost 19 years, during which time he earned 18 prior complaints with two that were  “closed with discipline.” Meanwhile, the fourth officer, #TouThao who stood by and watched, had been with the department since 2012 and had 6 prior complaints with internal affairs. One was still open at the time of the incident.

All four officers have been fired and are facing charges as it pertains to the death of Floyd.

Each officer has been arrested and are all being held on a $1 million bail.

Chauvin is being charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Lane, Kueng, and Thao are all being charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding-abetting second-degree manslaughter.