Alex Kueng (pronounced king), one of the ex police officers accused of abetting murder in the death of George Floyd, is an African-American. Specifically, he has a part of Nigerian ancestry, his father was Nigerian and his mother is a Caucasian American.


He had recently enlisted to be a cop, much to the disagreement of his family, to, according to him, ”try to change the bad policing system” in Minneapolis. Alas, only 3 days on the job, he was caught up in that system and now potentially faces 40 years in jail if convicted. His two siblings, who are adopted Blacks, have indicated to change their last name to dissociate with the “Keung” family name.

New York Times reported that while Mr Floyd, whose name has been painted on murals and scrawled on protest signs, has been laid to rest, Mr Kueng, who faces charges of aiding and abetting in Mr Floyd’s death, is out on bail, hounded at the supermarket by strangers and denounced by some family members.

Long before Mr Kueng was arrested, he had wrestled with the issue of police abuse of black people, joining the force in part to help protect people close to him from police aggression. He argued that diversity could force change in a Police Department long accused of racism.

He had seen one sibling arrested and treated poorly, in his view, by sheriff’s deputies. He had found himself defending his decision to join the police force, saying he thought it was the best way to fix a broken system.

He had clashed with friends over whether public demonstrations could actually make things better. “He said, ‘Don’t you think that that needs to be done from the inside?’” his mother, Joni Kueng, recalled him saying after he watched protesters block a highway years ago.

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