Alex Kueng, former Minneapolis police officer, released from prison
Kueng "couldn’t have had a bigger smile" when he was reunited with his mom following his release.
J. Alexander Kueng, a former Minneapolis police officer, was released from prison on Wednesday after serving 3.5 years.
Kueng was imprisoned, along with three other Minneapolis police officers, following the death of George Floyd in May 2020. That day was his third day on the job.
“I think, unfortunately, we’ve come to the point now where the justice system has been controlled by a mob mentality,” Kueng told Alpha News in an exclusive interview for the documentary “The Fall of Minneapolis.”
The documentary has been viewed 10 million times across various platforms.
Kueng was held in Elkton, Ohio at the Federal Correctional Institution. He will be on probation until March 16, 2026.
Two of the other officers who were also incarcerated are still serving their sentences. Former officer Tou Thao will be released later this year, while Derek Chauvin currently has 13 years left on his sentence. The fourth officer, Thomas Lane, was already released last August after serving a 2.5-year sentence.