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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, joins attorney Ben Crump and representatives of the Floyd family at the Hennepin County Government Center Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Minneapolis where testimony continues in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd during an arrest last May in Minneapolis. (Mark Vancleave/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS) Outside expert testifies about numerous signs that George Floyd was no longer resisting MINNEAPOLIS — A leading use-of-force expert with one of the na...

5 Min Read MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -Prosecutors in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial presented a series of witnesses on Tuesday in a bid to show that the former Minneapolis police officer disregarded his training when he knelt on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes. Lieutenant Johnny Mercil, who teaches the proper use of force for the department, told jurors the neck restraint applied by Chauvin during the deadly arrest of Floyd was unauthorized. Officers are trained to use the least amount of force necessary to subdue a suspect, he said. During the May 2020 arrest, the handcuffed 46-...

Associated Press Minneapolis Police Lt. Johnny Mercil, a use-of-force trainer, testifies Tuesday in the trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin. Previous Next Wednesday, April 07, 2021 1:00 am Experts say Chauvin ignored his training Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS – 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 late...

Watch LIVE: Officer’s use of force examined in trial for Floyd death MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck — and was bearing down with most of his weight — the entire time the Black man lay facedown with his hands cuffed behind his back, a use-of-force expert testified Wednesday at Chauvin’s murder trial. Jody Stiger, a Los Angeles Police Department sergeant serving as a prosecution witness, said that based on his review of video evidence, Chauvin’s knee was on Floyd’s neck from the time officers put Floyd on the ground until para...

The family of George Floyd said they “will be able to breathe” if Derek Chauvin, the former officer who knelt on the unarmed black man for more than nine minutes, is convicted of his murder. Speaking yesterday outside the Minneapolis courthouse where Mr Chauvin is on trial, the Floyd family described their anguish at having to “relive” Mr Floyd’s final moments during the proceedings. “It causes them and many people to suffer PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder),” said Ben Crump, a lawyer representing the family. Mr Crump said the televised trial, which entered its seventh day...