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A Second Officer In George Floyd’s Murder Case Reportedly Released On Bail

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The second of four officers involved in the death of George Floyd has reportedly been released from jail after he posted bail&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">J&period; Alexander Keung&comma; 26&comma; walked out of the Hennepin County Jail Friday night after meeting his bail&comma; which was set at &dollar;750&comma;000&comma; the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Keung is one of the three former Minneapolis officers charged with aiding and abetting the second-degree murder of George Floyd&period; Derek Chauvin&comma; the officer who killed George by kneeling on his neck&comma; was charged with second-degree murder&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">In addition to Keung&comma; 37-year-old T<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;thomas-lane-one-of-the-former-officers-charged-in-george-floyds-case-released-after-posting-bond&sol;">homas Lane was the only other ex-officer charged in George Floyd’s death to be released on bail&period;<&sol;a> Tou Thao&comma; who also faced the same aiding and abetting charges&comma; is still in jail on &dollar;750&comma;000 bail&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Chauvin’s bail was set at &dollar;1&period;25 million&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Kueng&comma; of Plymouth&comma; was working only his third shift as a full-time officer&comma; according to his defense attorneys&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">About 8&colon;08 p&period;m&period; on May 25th&comma; Kueng and Lane responded to a call about a man using a counterfeit &dollar;20 bill at a place called Cup Foods&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The two officers found Floyd sitting in a nearby car&comma; handcuffed him and attempted to put him in their squad car while Chauvin and Thao arrived to assist&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">During George’s arrest&comma; Kueng took his pulse and told his colleagues&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I couldn’t find one&comma;” according to the criminal complaint&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for about two minutes after Kueng’s remarks&comma; according to the charges brought against them&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Since George Floyd’s untimely death&comma; global demonstrations against racial injustice and police brutality have ensued and police reform legislation has been proposed on the local&comma; state and federal levels&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">We’ll continue to follow this case and George Floyd’s story as things progressed&period; Stay here for the latest&period;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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