ToplineMinneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified on Monday at Derek Chauvin’s trial that the former officer did not use reasonable force while restraining George Floyd during his May 25 arrest and violated the department’s policies, ethics and values. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides ... [+] Monday, April 5, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Though the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) did at that time allow neck restraints, the policy required “light to moderate” pressure for conscious restraints, Arradondo explained. Arradondo also said Chauvin did not follow the department’s de-escalation policy, describing Chauvin’s over nine-minute-long neck restraint of Floyd as an action that should’ve ended when Floyd “stopped resisting,” nor MPD’s policy requiring officers to aid suspects needing medical care. The other three officers at the scene—Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng—will stand trial separately later this year on charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Source: Forbes April 05, 2021 20:02 UTC