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Minneapolis On Edge After Police Kill Black Man As Floyd Trial Sits By Ben Sheppard with Chris Lefkow in Washington 04/13/21 AT 12:24 PM Convulsed by two converging cases of racially charged violence, Minneapolis grappled with tragedy Tuesday as the father of the latest police shooting victim said he "can't accept" that his son's killing was a mistake. Tensions have soared over the death on Sunday of African American Daunte Wright near the Midwestern US city, a community already on edge over the ongoing trial of a policeman accused of killing another Black man, George Floyd. A memorial ...

1 of 27 In this image from video, Seth Stoughton, testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over court Monday, April 12, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. POOL Prosecutors’ case against former Officer Derek Chauvin drew toward a close Monday with testimony from Seth Stoughton, a police use-of-force expert who said no “reasonable” officer would have done what Chauvin did. In this image from v...

MINNEAPOLIS —  Former officer Derek Chauvin was justified in pinning George Floyd to the ground because of his frantic resistance, 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, Calif., police officer, said officers don’t have to wait for something bad to happen; they need only to have a reasonable fear that there’s a threat and then adjust their actions accordingly. “It’s easy to sit and jud...

Apr 13, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors’ case against former Officer Derek Chauvin drew toward a close Monday with tender memories from George Floyd’s younger brother, along with another look at the harrowing video and testimony from a use-of-force expert who said no “reasonable” officer would have done what Chauvin did. Seth Stoughton, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, judged Chauvin’s actions against what a reasonable police officer in the same situation would have done, and repeatedly found that Chauvin did not meet the test. “No reasonable of...