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Minneapolis police are taught to restrain combative suspects with a knee on their back or shoulders if necessary but are told to “stay away from the neck when possible,” a department use-of-force instructor testified Tuesday at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s  murder trial. Lt. Johnny Mercil became the latest member of the Minneapolis force to take the stand as part of an effort by prosecutors to dismantle the argument that Chauvin was doing what he was trained to do when he put his knee on George Floyd’s neck last May. Several experienced officers, including the police chief himself,...

MPR News via / YouTube Updated April 6, 2021 at 1:00 PM ET Lt. Johnny Mercil, who has been in charge of teaching the use of force in the Minneapolis Police Department's training division, is testifying Tuesday in former police officer Derek Chauvin's trial on murder charges. Mercil is the latest in a string of police officials who are testifying about the department's training and Chauvin's use of force against George Floyd, who died in police custody last May. Displaying a photo of Chauvin holding his knee on Floyd's neck and looking up at a bystander, prosecutor Steven Schleicher asked Mer...

Watch LIVE: Training is focus on Day 7 of ex-cop’s trial in Floyd’s death MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Four years before George Floyd’s death, Officer Derek Chauvin took a 40-hour course on crisis intervention that included training on how to recognize people in crisis and how to use de-escalation techniques to calm them down, the jury at Chauvin’s murder trial was told Tuesday. Sgt. Ker Yang, the Minneapolis police official in charge of training officers on handling crises, became the latest member of the department to take the stand Tuesday as prosecutors try to prove that Chauvin fai...

Updated 4:09 p.m. ET, April 6, 2021 What we're covering here Witness testimony continues today in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Floyd died in May 2020 after Chauvin placed his knee on Floyd's neck while he pleaded, "I can't breathe." His final moments, recorded on video, led to widespread protests against police brutality and racism as well as incidents of unrest. Hearing witness testimony about his death can be tough. These resources ...

Derek Chauvin trial live: Minneapolis lieutenant says officers weren't taught to put their knee on neck like Chauvin did N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Tami Abdollah, Kevin McCoy, Grace Hauck and Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY © AP In this image from video, Minneapolis Police Lt. Johnny Mercil, a use of force trainer, testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS — Jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial heard from two Minneapolis ...