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Police official: Chauvin was trained to defuse situations 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 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...

The Derek Chauvin trial continues today in Minneapolis. Written By: Forum News Service | 2:45 pm, Apr. 6, 2021 × Minneapolis Police Department Officer Nicole Mackenzie testifies in the Hennepin County Courthose on Tuesday, April 6 in this still image from a broadcast of the case against Derek Chauvin. (Forum News Service) Watch a livestream of the trial and find live updates below. Editor's note: This video could contain language or visuals that some viewers might find offensive. 3:10 p.m. Expert testifies that Chauvin's use of force "excessive" A long-time Los Angeles Police Depar...

Police use-of-force instructor says Derek Chauvin’s kneeling is not a trained restraint 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. Mercil’s testimony came as a series of police experts testified to proper training, thereby explicitly and implicitly highlighting Chauvin’s actions on May 25, 2020. While neck restraints may be allowed on ...

April 06, 2021 - 3:04 PM Biden makes all adults eligible for a vaccine on April 19 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he's bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for coronavirus vaccines. But even as he expressed optimism about the pace of vaccinations, he warned Americans that the nation is not yet out of the woods when it comes to the pandemic. “Let me be deadly earnest with you: We aren’t at the finish line. We still have a lot of work to do. We’re still in a life and death race a...

Copy shortlink: A leading use-of-force expert with one of the nation's largest urban police departments testified Tuesday in Derek Chauvin's murder trial that the evidence from George Floyd's arrest late last spring showed him there were numerous clear signs that the now-fired Minneapolis officer should have eased up on his use of force. Los Angeles police Sgt. Jody Stiger's conclusions followed testimony earlier Tuesday from two Minneapolis police officers with experience in crisis intervention and use of force about proper procedures during the seventh day of testimo...