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More prosecution witnesses to testify in trial of former police officer who knelt on George Floyd s neck
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MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial were expected to call more expert witnesses on Tuesday to testify against the former Minneapolis police officer whose deadly arrest of George Floyd sparked global protests last year.
FILE PHOTO: Families pay their respects at George Floyd Square, after the fifth day of the trial for Derek Chauvin, who is facing murder charges in the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Chauvin, who is white, has argued he followed police training when he kept his knee pushed into Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes as the handcuffed 46-year-old Black man fell limp and stopped breathing.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified Monday that fired officer Derek Chauvin used excessive force and defied his own training and the department s mission of compassion when he knelt on George Floyd s neck as Floyd pleaded for his life.
Arradondo s testimony came amid a consistent voice of disapproval from key department leaders that began last week with similar statements from the head of the homicide unit. Testimony wrapped Monday with the department s former head of training, who echoed Arradondo s sentiments. Once Mr. Floyd had stopped resisting and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that that should have stopped, Arradondo said after recounting department policy on when to use force vs. de-escalation tactics.
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MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -The Minneapolis Police Department’s coordinator on the use of force told jurors on Tuesday the neck restraint applied by former policeman Derek Chauvin in the deadly arrest of George Floyd was unauthorized and that officers are trained to use the least amount of force necessary.
Minneapolis Police Sergeant Ker Yang answers questions during the seventh day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 6, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS
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MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) Prosecutors in Derek Chauvin s murder trial were expected to call more expert witnesses on Tuesday to testify against the former Minneapolis police officer whose deadly arrest of George Floyd sparked global protests last year.
Chauvin, who is white, has argued he followed police training when he kept his knee pushed into Floyd s neck for more than 9 minutes as the handcuffed 46-year-old Black man fell limp and stopped breathing. I vehemently disagree that that was appropriate use of force for that situation on May 25, Chauvin s former boss, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, testified on Monday.
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