and it s not part of our ethics or values. what does it mean for the defense? we will consider what we might expect to hear. i am joshua johnson with a special report on the derek chauvin murder trial. welcome to the week. tomorrow we expect the prosecution to call its 36th witness. this week the state focused on two points, chauvin s use of force and george floyd s medical distress. let s begin with the use of force. multiple law enforcement officials took the stand to testify against derek chauvin and it included his former boss, the minneapolis police chief. is it your belief, then, this particular form of restraint if that s what we can call it, it violates the department policy? it violates the policy. once mr. floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped. chief arradondo was not the only one to verbize this. is this an mpd trained neck restraint? no, sir. has it every been?
was becoming loud and aggressive, a lot of yelling across the street. did that cause you any concern? concern did that cause you any concern? concern for did that cause you any concern? concern for the officers, yes. also in the programme thejohnson &johnson vaccine is linked to blood clots american health experts want a pause in its roll out, the company is delaying its distribution in the eu and south africa temporarily suspends its use. we are going to speak to a health expert. here in the uk a new cluster of the south african variant of the coronavirus is found in south london everybody in the area is being asked to get a test. we start in minneapolis where two big stories are playing out in parallel. in a moment we ll have the latest on the george floyd murder trial against former police officer derek chauvin. first the family of a 20 year old black man who was shot dead by a police officer on sunday has hired the civil rights attorney representing george
well, two consent to searches of squad 320, correct? yes, sir. i want to be very clear about something. when you talk about the second search of the squad 320 yes. you prior to that second the defense request to view, right? yes. squad 320 had been in the bureau of apprehension secure storage from may effectively may 25th, 26th, all the way until january when that was done, right? yes. not outside our headquarters. at the secure storage location? y ekt. no one the defense would not have had access to that unless you or another representative, the bca was present, is that correct? that is correct. it is common, is it not, in your investigations for defense attorneys to ask to view pieces of evidence, right? yes, it is. and it s permissible? yes. and that was done in this particular case, right? yes, it was. and you weren t present at that. that was agent phil, i believe, present? correct. along with scott mueller? correct.
opinion, was excessive, but also said some of the his actions were reasonable as omar jimenez records. sergeant, just a reminder, you are stilled under oath. yes, sir. reporter: today s testimony, more cops taking the stand. in your opinion, does the defendant s used force need to be reasonable during the entire tame tao time pared? sergeant jody steiger, who defend that the force derek chauvin used was he was not attempting to assault the officers, kick, punch or anything of that nature. reporter: but chauvin s attorney during cross-examination focused on what could have happened, specifically one of their argument that the crowd was becoming it s a possible that an officer can view that as a potential deadly assault is about to happen? that s what they re trained? yes, that s what they re trained. reporter: but during prosecutor questioning i did not perceive them as being a threat. why is that? because they were merely filming and they were
infections rising in half of the country. the uk variant coming to every state. we have a lot going on. gabe gutierrez, let me talk with you. we know that testimony is going to continue in a few moments. they re trying to argue that he just didn t follow his training. yeah, that s right, but the prosecution has not released it s witnesses, so we don t know for sure who will testify today, but we expect more of the same with regards to that use of force training. that outside expert that you mentioned. he came after a officer from the officer said derek chauvin went too far. he is important because he is someone that is renowned around the country comes on to say that in his opinion the force that derek chauvin used was excessive. we re seeing more cross-examination in the last day or so and we expect that to continue today. the defense of course continues to argue what the prosecution has discounted. but they re saying this was an angry crowd of bystanders that may have dis