Minneapolis Police Department's homicide division Lt. Richard Zimmerman testified Friday during Derek Chauvin's trial that kneeling on a person's neck as he did with George Floyd is "totally unnecessary."
Retired police Sgt. David Pleoger testified that proper technique is for officers to handcuff suspects laying face down, then roll them on their side to make it easier for them to breathe.
“Our story, it’s a classic story of how many people get addicted to opioids. We both suffered from chronic pain. Mine was in my neck and his was in his back,” Courteney Ross told the court.
Former Williamson County Sheriff’s deputies James Johnson and Zachary Camden have been indicted on manslaughter charges for the death of Javier Ambler.
“I would have been able to provide medical attention to the best of my abilities. And this human was denied that right,” Minneapolis firefighter Genevieve Hansen told the court.
The teenage witness to the killing in May, Darnella Frazier, said that Derek Chauvin continued to kneel on George Floyd as another witness identified herself as a firefighter and begged repeatedly to check his pulse.
Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell showed jurors footage of George Floyd's death after telling them ex-cop Derek Chauvin had Floyd pinned for 9 minutes, 29 seconds.
Prosecutors are expected to play the nine-minute video of George Floyd's arrest, during which former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin can be seen pressing his knee into Floyd's neck as he struggled to breathe, early on in the proceeding.
