
Minneapolis ex-officer sentenced to nearly 5 years in George Floyd killing
Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was sentenced on Monday to 4-3/4 years in prison for aiding and abetting manslaughter in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, a Black man whose neck was pinned to the ground by another officer’s knee during a botched arrest. The sentence, meted out by Hennepin County District Judge Peter…