Genevieve hanson, a minneapolis firefighters will continue her testimony after being reprimanded with the judge after directly clashing with the defense yesterday. The prosecution has not revealed which other witnesses they plan to call today. Yesterday hansen testified that as an offduty emt she offered to help when she arrived on the scene, but she was turned down by the Police Officers. I offered to wralk them through him they needed to start compressions and that wasnt done either. How did that mackke you feel . Totally distressed. Her testimony after we heard from minors at the time. Including the 17yearold who captured the video that sparked a nationwide and international its been nights i stay up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting and not saving his life you know why you only heard her voice and didnt see her face because she was a minor when she witnessed that i want to begin with a man who has been in minneapolis for w
Wa aofhim in the et. Porter she anothers said he was a hardworking teenager who did everything right. He pretty much grew up in the church. He had been going to Gospel Church since he was five years old. The bishop says he was always the life of the party, fun, loving, and a prankster at times. We take him to camp, the kids and all in the first thing he did, he ran off into the woods and found a snake, came back with the snake and started chasing all the kids around the camp, just, he was always that kind of a guy, just a fun guy. Reporter he was working parttime at the dollar tree, and attending berkeley city college. Ed teaa degree and say he take care of his emily. We talk about Police Officers killing people in the street but we dont talk enough about killings that go on in the neighborhood, almost every day. We have 44 homicides. I hope somebody comes through and gives us the justice we need to because we are not at peace right now. Reporter where is the investigation at this time
Arrest. He says chauvin putting his knee on mr. Floyds neck was not an authorized use of force that he taught and that a neck restraint could render someone unconscious in less than ten seconds. The instructor did concede that officer chauvins technique could have been part of some other police training, of course, as cnns Josh Campbell reports. Reporter one by one veteran mess. Minneapolis Police Department took the stand. Thank you. Each members of the departments training force. Todays testimony added to the chorus of Police Department witnesses, including the chief who have said Derek Chauvins use of a knee on George Floyds neck was not part of their training. Who it be appropriate and within training to hold a subject in that prone restrained position with a knee on the neck and a knee on the back for an extended period of time after the subject had stopped offering any resistance . No, sir. Or has lost their pulse . No, sir. If you dont have a pulse on a person, youll immediately
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