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Takeaways from Day 7 of the Derek Chauvin trial.
April 6, 2021, 5:49 p.m. ETApril 6, 2021, 5:49 p.m. ET
Los Angeles Police Sgt. Jody Stiger is sworn in before testifying today.Credit.Still image, via Court TV
Witnesses called by the prosecution in the Derek Chauvin trial provided a deeper look at police policies on the use of force on Tuesday and gave the former Minneapolis police officer’s defense team some potential openings.
Mr. Chauvin’s defense, led by attorney Eric J. Nelson, tried to bolster its argument that the crowd that formed on the sidewalk during George Floyd’s arrest might have made it more difficult for Mr. Chauvin to render medical aid or to move his knee, which he held on Mr. Floyd for more than nine minutes.
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A leading use-of-force expert with one of the nation s largest urban police departments testified Tuesday in Derek Chauvin s murder trial that the evidence from George Floyd s arrest late last spring showed him there were numerous clear signs that the now-fired Minneapolis officer should have eased up on his use of force.
Los Angeles police Sgt. Jody Stiger s conclusions followed testimony earlier Tuesday from two Minneapolis police officers with experience in crisis intervention and use of force about proper procedures during the seventh day of testimony in Hennepin County District Court, with one of them saying that Chauvin s knee on Floyd s neck was not part of department training.