J. Alexander Kueng biography: 13 things about Minneapolis, Minnesota man

J. Alexander Kueng is one of the four police officers involved in the fatal arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States on May 25, 2020. The others are Derek Michael Chauvin, Tou Thao and Thomas Lane.

Who’s J. Alexander Kueng?

Before becoming a Minnesota Police Department officer, Kueng briefly stocked shelves at a Target. He went to Monroe College in New Rochelle, New York, USA to play soccer and study business but he quit after having surgery on both knees.

Kueng’s mother Joni L. Kueng, a math teacher, is white while his father John Dennis Kueng, a certified registered nurse anesthetic, is Nigerian. J. Alexander has four adoptive siblings namely Jordan Kueng, Taylor Kueng, Radiance Kueng and Matthew Kueng

Prior to Floyd’s death, J. Alexander had no disciplinary records as a Minneapolis Police Department officer. J. Alexander was the captain of the soccer team when he was in high school and he played for the Cruz Azul Minnesota soccer soccer club.

J. Alexander is 5’11” tall. Here are 13 things about him:

1. From 2014 to 2017, he worked as an asset protection detective at Macy’s in downtown Minneapolis.
2. In 2017, he became a community service officer.
3. In 2018, he graduated from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis with a bachelor’s degree in sociology of law and criminology. While studying in the university, he worked a security monitor, escorting students to and from different locations around campus.
4. In February 2019, he joined the Minneapolis Police Department as a cadet.
5. In August 2019, he was licensed as a police officer.
6. In December 2019, he was hired as a police officer.
7. On May 25, 2020, he, Chauvin, Thao and Lane arrested Floyd.
8. On May 26, 2020, the Minneapolis Police Department terminated him, Chauvin, Thao and Lane. His file indicated that he was fired for substandard performance, misconduct and violations of the city’s use-of-force policy, including failure to stop another officer from applying inappropriate force.
9. On February 24, 2022, 12 jurors found him, Lane and Thao guilty of depriving Floyd of his civil rights by showing deliberate indifference to Floyd’s medical needs as Chauvin knelt on Floyd on May 25, 2020. He and Thao were also found guilty of failing to intervene to stop Chauvin. He was represented by Thomas C. Plunkett.
10. On July 27, 2022, Senior U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced him to 3 years in prison and said he would be incarcerated either in Duluth, Minnesota or South Dakota, USA to allow him to be near family. He was allowed to self-surrender by October 4, 2022.
11. On October 24, 2022, he was put on trial in Hennepin County on state charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter. He pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting in manslaughter after Plunkett and prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of 42 months in prison. As part of his plea agreement, a second charge of aiding and abetting in second-degree unintentional murder was dismissed against him.
12. On December 9, 2022, he was sentenced to 3 years and six months in prison.
13. In October 2023, he turned 30.