"That in no way, shape, or form is anything that is by policy."
On the sixth day of the Derek Chauvin trial, the Minneapolis police chief testified that the ex-cop's treatment of George Floyd violated policy.
On the sixth day of the Derek Chauvin trial, the Minneapolis police chief testified that the ex-cop's treatment of George Floyd violated policy.
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00:00Once there was no longer any resistance, and clearly when Mr. Floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless,
00:10to continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back,
00:25that in no way, shape, or form is anything that is by policy, is not part of our training,
00:34and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values.
00:37As you reflect on Exhibit 17, I must ask you, is this a trained Minneapolis Police Department defensive tactics technique?
00:46It is not.
00:49When you read the departmental policy on neck restraints, is this a neck restraint?
00:56The conscious neck restraint by policy mentions light to moderate pressure.
01:02When I look at Exhibit 17 and when I look at the facial expression of Mr. Floyd,
01:12that does not appear in any way, shape, or form that that is light to moderate pressure.
01:17Is it your belief then that this particular form of restraint, if that's what we'll call it, in fact violates departmental policy?
01:28I absolutely agree that it violates our policy.
01:31Are you aware now that the defendant maintained this position on George Floyd for 9 minutes and 29 seconds?
01:38I am aware of that.
01:39I believe you testified that force has to be reasonable when it's applied at the beginning and through the entire encounter. Is that right?
01:46That is correct.
01:50Is what you see in Exhibit 17, in your opinion, within Minneapolis Police Departmental Policy 5-300, authorizing the use of reasonable force?
02:02It is not.
02:03And why not?
02:06It has to be objectively reasonable.
02:10We have to take into account the circumstances, information, the threat to the officer, the threat to others, and the severity of that.
02:24So that is not part of our policy.
02:27That is not what we teach.
02:29And that should be condoned.
02:33When do you believe, or do you have a belief as to when this restraint, the restraint on the ground that you viewed, should have stopped?
02:42Once Mr. Floyd, and this is based on my viewing of the videos, once Mr. Floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped.
03:01There's an initial reasonableness in trying to just get him under control in the first few seconds.
03:10But once there was no longer any resistance, and clearly 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,
03:36that in no way, shape, or form is anything that is by policy, is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values.
03:49Did you see them provide any medical attention?
03:53I did not.
03:56Then based on these observations, do you have an opinion as to whether the defendant violated MPD departmental policy 7-350 by failing to render aid to Mr. Floyd?
04:09I agree that the defendant violated our policy in terms of rendering aid.