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killing. there was a tense moment today during cross-examine. ex-officer tutau snapped at the prosecutor for asking why he didn t tell derek chauvin to get off george floyd s neck. joining me now civil rights attorney areva martin. ar areva, thank you very much. so here we go with what s happening in the courtroom here. here s how ex-officer tao responded. he said i think i d trust a 19-year veteran to figure it out. he along with his former colleague jay alexander king are charged with failing to intervene in chauvin s use of unreasonable force. is referring to a colleague an excuse? i don t think it is. we re seeing blame shifting, right? they re trying to make derek chauvin the responsible party and relieve themselves of any responsibility to what happened on that day, the day we know chauvin kneeled on george
floyd s neck. one, blame it all on derek chauvin who s not going to be on trial because he s pled guilty, and the second strategy is blame it on the minneapolis police department. a big part of their defense is that they were not trained properly and that the training they did receive was consistent with the actions that were taken on that day. and i just don t think either of those arguments are going to be winning arguments for these defendants. tao said that using a knee to restrain a suspect was commonplace in the minneapolis police department. is that significant if he thought chauvin was doing what a lot of others did? it s just the way it s done. well, again, don, that s their defense. and they ve actually shown videotape from their training where they have shown officers who are kneeling on, you know, civilians or who are playing the role in these videotapes who are are handcuffed and on the ground. but we can t forget the prosecution s case. the prosecution put on a case o
intervene in chauvin s use of unreasonable force. is referring to a colleague an excuse? i don t think it is. we re seeing blame shifting, right? they re trying to make derek chauvin the responsible party and relieve themselves of any responsibility to what happened on that day, the day we know chauvin kneeled on george floyd s neck. one, blame it all on derek chauvin who s not going to be on trial because he s pled guilty, and the second strategy is blame it on the minneapolis police department. a big part of their defense is that they were not trained properly and that the training they did receive was consistent with the actions that were taken on that day. and i just don t think either of those arguments are going to be winning arguments for these defendants. tao said that using a knee to restrain a suspect was commonplace in the minneapolis police department. is that significant if he
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