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Derek Chauvin trial live: Witness testimony continues Tuesday By FOX 9 Staff MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The state will continue calling witnesses and experts Tuesday to testify in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, entered its second week of testimony. The trial is being broadcast live, gavel to gavel, on FOX 9 and streaming live at Here are the witnesses who have testified so far on Tuesday:  Lt. Johnny Mercil, a top Minneapolis Police Department official on defensive tactics and use of force training. Chauvin attended a 20...

Sgt. Ker Yang MINNEAPOLIS – Jurors at the murder trial of ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin have been told that he received extensive training in how to defuse tense situations and how to properly restrain suspects. Sgt. Ker Yang testified Tuesday that officers are taught to make critical decisions in dealing with people in crisis, including those suffering mental problems or the effects of drug use, and then defuse the situation. A use-of-force trainer also testified that officers aren’t trained to use their legs or knees on somebody’s neck. Their testimony came a day after P...

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had been trained twice over the past four years on how to defuse tense situations with people in crisis and how police must use the least amount of force necessary to get someone to comply, police personnel testified Tuesday during the seventh day of his trial. Chauvin, 45, is standing trial on murder and manslaughter charges in connection with the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died after Chauvin allegedly held his knee against Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, despite his shouts that he couldn�...

Derek Chauvin/CBS News graphic Jurors at the murder trial of ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin have been told that he received extensive training in how to recognize someone in crisis and calm them down. Posted: Apr 6, 2021 9:41 AM Updated: Apr 6, 2021 10:41 AM Posted By: By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — 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,...

Derek Chauvin trial live: EMT says Minneapolis policy requires police to call ambulance, render medical aid in ‘critical’ situations N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Tami Abdollah, Kevin McCoy, Grace Hauck and Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY © AP In this image from video Minneapolis Police Officer Nicole Mackenzie 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 — The EMT who leads the Minneapolis Police Department's emergency...