Minneapolis Police Chief Slams Former Officer on Trial Derek Chauvin
The Minneapolis Police Chief testifies at the trial of his former subordinate Derek Chauvin on April 5, 2021. STR POOL VIA COURT TV / AFP
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The testimony is exceptional and very embarrassing for Derek Chauvin, on the sixth day of the trial of the ex-police officer accused of the murder of George Floyd.
Chief Medaria Arradondo ruled that his former agent had absolutely violated the rules for the use of force in force within the city police.
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With our correspondent in San Francisco,
Éric de Salve
A police chief testifying against one of his agents is almost unheard of in the United States.
Questioned by the prosecution, in uniform in court, Medaria Arradondo pulverizes one of the main arguments of the defense of Derek Chauvin, almost a week after
the start
of the latter's
trial
.
"
Yes absolutely,"
answers the number 1 of the Minneapolis police,
Derek violated his training but also the police regulations by immobilizing George Floyd with his knee resting on the back of his neck for more than 9 minutes.
"Then he continues:"
The fact of continuing to impose such a level of force on someone who is already face down and handcuffed behind the back is in no way in accordance with our policy, with our training and certainly not. neither to our ethics nor to our values.
"
Medaria Arradondo is the first African American to lead the Minneapolis Police Department.
This summer, it was he who had dismissed Derek Chauvin, he also who had qualified as "
murder
" the death of George Floyd.
By testifying in court, Chief Arradondo ensures that this trial remains that of Chauvin only, and not that of the police that he has promised to reform.
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