Business Briefs: April 16, 2021
Dr. Robert Redwood, medical director of the Cooley Dickinson Emergency Department, and Emergency Department Nursing Director Sara McKeown display the Level 3 Geriatric Emergency Department accreditation certificate. Standing with them are Cooley Dickinson Interim President and CEO Dr. David Brown and Chief Nursing Officer Angela Belmont. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Published: 4/15/2021 2:34:42 PM
$2.2M grant to help businesses use artificial intelligence
WESTBOROUGH The Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) has awarded Northeastern University a $2.2 million grant for the AI Jumpstart Program, a pilot program to assist Massachusetts firms interested in using artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance their businesses.
According to a MassTech press release, the program will incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning tools and techniques into businesses across a range of industries, including: process an
Expert witness says Derek Chauvin was justified in pinning down George Floyd Published 2 hours ago
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Print article MINNEAPOLIS Former Officer Derek Chauvin was justified in pinning George Floyd to the ground because he kept struggling, a use-of-force expert testified for the defense Tuesday, contradicting a parade of authorities from both inside and outside the Minneapolis Police Department. Taking the stand at Chauvin’s murder trial, Barry Brodd, a former Santa Rosa, California, officer, stoutly defended Chauvin’s actions, even as a prosecutor pounded away at the witness, banging the lectern at one point during cross-examination and growing incredulous when Brodd suggested Floyd was struggling because he wasn’t “resting comfortably” on the pavement.
Did you say resting comfortably ? Schleicher asked.
Brodd: Or laying comfortably.
Brodd: Yes.
Schleicher went on to say that Floyd was moving, but it was because he was struggling to breathe by shoving his shoulder into the pavement.
The prosecutor hammered away at Brodd, saying a reasonable officer in Chauvin s position with his knee on Floyd s neck would have known that Floyd stopped resisting, that another officer told him he couldn t find a pulse, and that others had said Floyd had passed out and was no longer breathing. And the defendant s position is, and was, and remains, as we see here at this moment, in this time, in this clip on top of Mr. Floyd on the street. Isn t that right? Schleicher asked, as he banged his hand on the podium repeatedly.
KARE 11 Investigates: Did officers fear George Floyd had excited delirium ?
Minneapolis officers are trained that suspects with “excited delirium” may have “superhuman strength” and display “violent and bizarre behavior.”
Credit: KARE 11 Published: 6:55 PM CDT April 13, 2021 Updated: 6:56 PM CDT April 13, 2021
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EDITOR’S NOTE – KARE 11 is teaming with investigative reporters at TEGNA stations nationwide to provide in-depth coverage of evidence in the Derek Chauvin murder trial.
As the defense began presenting its case Tuesday in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial, attorney Eric Nelson asked a Minneapolis police department trainer about something called excited delirium.”
Officer Nicole Mackenzie testified that the department’s training materials include information that suspects experiencing excited delirium can exhibit “superhuman strength.”