minneapolis police chief takes the stand in the trial of derek chauvin, his former officer. do you have a belief as to when this restraint, restraint on the ground that you viewed should have stopped? once mr. floyd had stopped resisting and certainly, once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that to continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back, that in no way, shape or form is anything that is by policy and is not part of our training and it is certainly not part of our ethics or values. reporter: in late may, the chief fired chauvin and three other officers involved a day after the incident. he wrote a letter weeks later saying chauvin knew what he was doing and what happened to mr. floyd was murder. is it your belief that this particular form of restraint, if that s what we ll call it in fact violates department policy? i absolutely agree it vie lates our policy. reporter: then the defense asked questions as
from atlanta over new voting restrictions. that is just ahead but we begin with important testimony in the trial of fired police officer derek chauvin. taking the stand today, the doctor, who tried but could not save george floyd s life. and the police chief that told jurors what chauvin did to floyd went against department policy, training, ethics, and values. cnn s omar jimenez joins joins us, with our coverage. . reporter: the start of week two of testimony, and the current-minneapolis police chief takes the stand in the trial of derek chauvin, his former officer. do you believe have a belief, as to when this restraint, restraint on the ground, that you viewed, should have stopped? once mr. floyd had stopped resisting. and certainly, once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that. to continue to apply that level of force to a person, prone out, handcuffed behind their back. that that that, in no way, shape, or form, is anything that is by policy. it is no
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they could now face imprisonment. in deep water a warning many of our swimming pools could close by the end of the decade without urgent modernisation. and coming on the bbc news channel. england netballers beat world champions new zealand to level their three match series in christchurch, with just one game left to play. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news at one. boris johnson s hopes of a post brexit free trade deal with the united states appear to be fading. the prime minister met president biden at the white house last night, but mr biden played down the chances of an agreement and the british government has admitted it s just not a priority for the us administration. the uk may now try instead to join the existing north american trade arrangement between the united states, canada and mexico. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this was borisjohnson s this was boris johnson s first trip to the white house as prime minister, only the second time h