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Minneapolis's police chief testified that former officer Derek Chauvin had violated the agency's policy on use of force during the detention of George Floyd, in Minneapolis on Monday.
"Once Mr Floyd had stopped resisting and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalise that, that should have stopped," Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo said referring to the restraint exerted by officers during the arrest.
"When Mr Floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless, to continue to apply that level of force to a person, proned out, handcuffed behind their back, that in no way, shape, or form is anything that is by policy, it is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values," Arradondo continued.
The trial of the former police officer Chauvin begun on March 29. He has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter and third-degree murder after being filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, leading to his death.
USA: Minneapolis police chief says Chauvin violated policy during Floyd arrest
Minneapolis's police chief testified that former officer Derek Chauvin had violated the agency's policy on use of force during the detention of George Floyd, in Minneapolis on Monday.
"Once Mr Floyd had stopped resisting and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalise that, that should have stopped," Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo said referring to the restraint exerted by officers during the arrest.
"When Mr Floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless, to continue to apply that level of force to a person, proned out, handcuffed behind their back, that in no way, shape, or form is anything that is by policy, it is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values," Arradondo continued.
The trial of the former police officer Chauvin begun on March 29. He has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter and third-degree murder after being filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, leading to his death.
Mandatory credit: Minnesota Judicial Branch
Minneapolis's police chief testified that former officer Derek Chauvin had violated the agency's policy on use of force during the detention of George Floyd, in Minneapolis on Monday.
"Once Mr Floyd had stopped resisting and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalise that, that should have stopped," Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo said referring to the restraint exerted by officers during the arrest.
"When Mr Floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless, to continue to apply that level of force to a person, proned out, handcuffed behind their back, that in no way, shape, or form is anything that is by policy, it is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values," Arradondo continued.
The trial of the former police officer Chauvin begun on March 29. He has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter and third-degree murder after being filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, leading to his death.