We don t train officers to use legs in neck restraints : Derek Chauvin had 40 hours of crisis training and pinning down handcuffed suspect is NOT an authorized use of force, court hears
As the jury were brought in for the seventh day of trial the court heard from Sergeant Ker Wang, 49, Crisis Training Co-ordinator with the City of Minneapolis Police Department; he wrote part of the police training
The court heard that Chauvin took part in a 40-hour crisis training course in 2018
Minneapolis Police Lt. Johnny Mercil also told the court officers were taught to use the minimum amount of force needed to detain someone; he told jurors that Chauvin s knee on Floyd s neck is not MPD trained
Minneapolis police medical trainer tells Derek Chauvin s trial that noisy crowd could have made it hard for him to hear George Floyd struggling to breathe
Nicole MacKenzie, Minneapolis police medical support co-ordinator, who gave evidence Tuesday afternoon, told jurors that treating a person under the eyes of a noisy crowd was incredibly difficult
Bystander video emerged last May of Floyd crying that he couldn t breathe as onlookers yelled at Chauvin
It was also established Tuesday that Chauvin had undergone training in CPR as well as other first aid required by the force, including the administration of NARCAN – the chemical antedote to opioid overdose
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