floyd's neck for nine and a half minutes. two of them helped chauvin hold mr. floyd down. while snore stood by keeping the crowd at bay. over the past two weeks the former officers have been on trial for violating civil rights. and i know it's hard to know what's happening when there isn't wall to wall coverage like there was for the derek chauvin trial especially because these proceedings are not televised as the is norm for a federal courtroom. and these are federal charges. but it doesn't mean that this trial is any less important. and in fact the way i see it it could be the most impactful thing on the future of policing. maybe even more so than chauvin's conviction. here is why. so prosecutors say these officers knew through training that george floyd needed help. that they knew that as floyd's cries for help stopped, because he stopped breathing, that they had a duty to intervene and render aid regardless of the