No reasonable officer would have believed that that was an appropriate, acceptable or reasonable use of force, Stoughton said of the way Floyd was held facedown with a knee across his neck for up to 9 minutes, 29 seconds.
He said, too, that the failure to roll Floyd over and render aid as his increasing medical distress became obvious was unreasonable.
He said it was unreasonable as well to think that Floyd might harm officers or escape after he had been handcuffed to the ground. And in yet another blow to Chauvin s defence, Stoughton said a reasonable officer would not have viewed the yelling bystanders as a threat.
A Wellington man has been convicted of raping a woman - after he removed a condom during sex without consent
A Wellington man has been convicted of raping a woman - after he removed a condom during sex without consent 13 April 2021
Detective Senior Sergeant Haley Ryan says it s the first known conviction in Aotearoa for this type of offending.
Victoria University s Dr Samantha Keene says the conviction recognises consent doesn t remain if protection is removed without permission.
Keene says survivors and offenders may not be aware this is considered a sexual violation.
A student opened fire on officers responding to a report of a possible gunman at a Tennessee high school Monday, and police shot back and killed him, authorities said. The shooting wounded an officer. . .