Fundraiser launched to help imprisoned ex-Minneapolis police officer rebuild his life
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Alex Kueng and family. Kueng was involved in the arrest of George Floyd in 2020.
Family of imprisoned ex-Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng launched a fundraiser for him to help rebuild his life.
“We, his family, continue to be stunned at what we can only perceive as evil actions by individuals that have derailed our lives and made us question our sanity,” says the GiveSendGo page, which was set up by Joni Kueng, Alex’s mother. Both she and her son appeared in the Alpha News documentary “The Fall of Minneapolis.”
Kueng, a native of North Minneapolis, dedicated his life to his family, friends, and community, the page explains. In 2018, he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BA in Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Deviance. He then joined the Minneapolis Police Department as a Community Service Officer, a role for aspiring officers, and began his orientation at the Minneapolis Police Academy on Feb. 19, 2019.
On May 22, 2020, Alex achieved his goal of becoming a police officer, one of nearly 80 black officers in a department of nearly 900 at the time. “Mr. Kueng was thrilled at the honor to serve his community and interact with the public,” reads the fundraiser. However, just three shifts into his new role, Alex was involved in an incident that led to national and global attention.