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Live: Witness testimony continues in Derek Chauvin trial Lt. Johnny Mercil said he does not believe Derek Chauvin's actions were authorized, but acknowledged on cross-examination that he may have been drawing on training. Author: Emily Haavik, Diane Sandberg (KARE11) Published: 6:04 AM EDT April 6, 2021 Updated: 2:24 PM EDT April 6, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — Editor's note: Some of the images depicted in the video and testimony are graphic. Have a question you'd like to hear our trial experts answer? Send it to lraguse@kare11.com or text it to 763-79...

A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin's kneeling on George Floyd's neck is not a trained neck restraint tactic. "We don't train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have," Lt. Johnny Mercil said. While neck restraints may be allowed on suspects actively resisting, they are not to be done with the knee and they would not be authorized on a suspect who is handcuffed and under control, he said. Officers are taught to only use force that is proportional to the threat. "You want to use the least amount of ...

Home/News from NPR/Chauvin’s Restraint On Floyd’s Neck Isn’t Taught By Police, Use-Of-Force Trainer Says Chauvin’s Restraint On Floyd’s Neck Isn’t Taught By Police, Use-Of-Force Trainer Says By Bill Chappell  April 6, 2021 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, says former officer Derek Chauvin’s use of his knee on George Floyd’s neck is not a technique the police teach when instructing officers how to restrain people. Mercil is the latest in a stri...

MINNEAPOLIS — Jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial heard from two Minneapolis police officers Tuesday who testified about the crisis intervention and use of force training officers receive. Lt. Johnny Mercil was presented with an image of Chauvin with his knee on Floyd's neck and told jurors the move was not a department-trained neck restraint. The testimony comes a day after Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo told jurors that Chauvin's restraint of George Floyd "absolutely" violated department policy. He said that the restraint should have stopped "once Mr. Floyd stopped resisti...

Print National Desk MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — 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 police force to testify 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 ex...