>> i started my career as a minneapolis police cadet and then i was hired as a minneapolis police officer that year. >> and chief, why did you decide to become a police officer? >> um, i've been very fortunate to come from a city of very resilient, very welcoming, very proud -- proud people here in the city of minneapolis, and my dear parents taught all of my siblings and me about the service of love and so i've been very fortunate to eventually join the minneapolis police department and give back to the community and the city that has been so good to me. >> are you familiar with the motto of the minneapolis police department? >> yes, i am. >> what is it? >> that is to protection with courage and serve with compassion. >> what does that motto mean? >> we are oftentimes the first face of government that our communities will see, and we will oftentimes meet them at their worst moments and so the badge that i wear and that members of the minneapolis police department where it means a lot because the first time that we interact with our community members may be the only time that they have an

in your employment you've been continuously employ a minneapolis in the minneapolis police department since it was at 1909 is friends . has the academy changed since you 1st were cadet back in 1900 it has and while i certainly believe that at the time back in 1909 that training was important. like any police department. we should not be monolithic our communities are not monolithic are they are training should evolve we should be focused on what are national best practices and so the training that our. recruits and cadets get today and rightfully so is far better than the training that i received those years ago we will circle back to that a little bit later you also mention the u.t. post credits is that right yes that is correct and post ins for peace officer standards and training that is correct. what is the requirement for post training how many courses are you required take in a given period that every sworn peace officer in the state of minnesota. received their license through the post office or standards and training board and so post will change up what some of those requirem

>> i started my career as a minneapolis police cadet, and then the site as a minneapolis police officer that year. >> chief, why did you decide to become a police officer? >> i have been very fortunate to come from a city of very resilient, very welcoming, proud, proud people here in the city of minneapolis. and my dear parents taught all of my siblings and me about the service of love and so i've been very fortunate, eventually joined the minneapolis police department and get back to the very community, the very city that embracement and has been so good to me. >> are you familiar with the model of the minneapolis police department? >> yes, i am. >> what is it? >> and that is to protect with courage and to serve with compassion. >> and what does that motto mean? >> we are often times the first face of government that our communities will see, and we will oftentimes meet at the worst moments, and so the badge that i wear and that members of the minneapolis police department where means a lot because the first time we interact with our community members may be the only time that they hav

>> i started my career as a minneapolis police cadet, and then the site as a minneapolis police officer that year. >> chief, why did you decide to become a police officer? >> i have been very fortunate to come from a city of very resilient, very welcoming, proud, proud people here in the city of minneapolis. and my dear parents taught all of my siblings and me about the service of love and so i've been very fortunate, eventually joined the minneapolis police department and get back to the very community, the very city that embracement and has been so good to me. >> are you familiar with the model of the minneapolis police department? >> yes, i am. >> what is it? >> and that is to protect with courage and to serve with compassion. >> and what does that motto mean? >> we are often times the first face of government that our communities will see, and we will oftentimes meet at the worst moments, and so the badge that i wear and that members of the minneapolis police department where means a lot because the first time we interact with our community members may be the only time that they hav

>> minneapolis school. >> have you ever lived outside the twin cities, minneapolis area? >> i was away for college for a couple of years in michigan. >> where in michigan? >> san talk. >> which school? [inaudible] mantia university. >> what's the highest level of education you obtained? >> i received my masters degree. >> what degree did you receive in hancock, michigan? >> that degree was a criminal justice degree. >> after you completed your college studies, he returned to the twin cities area? >> correct. >> is that when you first joined minneapolis police department? >> prior to that, i worked at the community service officer at the minneapolis-st. paul airport police department. >> what did you do for that? >> i believe 1987 to 1989. >> and did you join the minneapolis police department? >> i did. >> in what capacity? >> i started as a cadet with the police officer. >> why did you decide to become a police officer? >> i've been very fortunate to come from a city of very resilient, welcoming, proud people here in the city of minneapolis and my parents taught all my si

>> i started my career as a minneapolis police cadet and then was hired as a minneapolis police officer that year. >> and chief, why did you decide to become a police officer? >> i've been very fortunate to come from a city of very resilient, very welcoming, proud, proud people here in the city of minneapolis. and my dear parents taught all of my siblings and me about the service of love. and so i've been very fortunate to then eventually join the minneapolis police department and give back to the very community, the very city that embraced me and has been so good to me. >> are you familiar with the motto of the minneapolis police department? >> yes, i am. >> what is it? >> that is to protect with courage and to serve with compassion. >> and what does that motto mean? >> we are oftentimes the first face of government that our communities will see, and we will oftentimes meet them at their worst moments. and so the badge that i wear and that members of the minneapolis police department wear, it means a lot because the first time that we interact with our community members may be the only

how does a minneapolis police department respond to persons in behavioral crisis? >> one of the first important things obviously is trying to get ass much information prior o the call as possible. but as soon as officers at least have knowledge that this could be a potential situation with that color, this de-escalation peace should kick in and while they may not know exactly what they're going to encounter when they arrive on the scene, this body of knowledge that the been taught should at least be kind of forefront in terms of the different tools that they will be using possibly to help de-escalate the situation. >> what is in edp? >> the acronym edp is labeled to our minneapolis emergency communication center as an emotional, emotionally disturbed person, and so when are minneapolis police officers receive an edp call, that is prompting them that there's a least initial information that they are going going to bo someone who may be in crisis. .. dispatcher prior to going to the scene? >> that is correct. >> if that information is not imparted on them, they make

self west minneapolis near the lakes area and then the 3rd precinct covers yourself east minneapolis area. and focusing specifically on the 3rd precinct. you see it's divided further into these sectors is that right that is correct and that's for the purposes of being able to deploy patrol services correct yes within the various precincts this is primary a tool for dispersing patrol officers correct yes but they're also investigative functions within the precincts as well correct that would be specifically assigned to that precinct yes. but professional standards that would that would cover all the precincts yes ok. if we could publish to $68.00 i'd like to focus specifically on the 3rd precinct. it's a little hard to see but you can see the. that's much better. you can see the different colors it appears the sectors that we looked at. that in the previous exhibit are listed here. if you take a look at sector one that would be represented as 310 on exhibit 26 years as a right it is then sector 2 would be exhibit 320. it is our right and we won't move through each of the sectors but.

current population of minneapolis? >> roughly about 400, 20, 30,000. >> how many swat officers work for the minneapolis police department? >> currently around 700. >> and as the chief are you generally familiar with the officers who work for you? that's a lot of people. >> if a lot of people, and so it can be taxing to try to -- you know, we got a lot of people to work in different areas, but i have a pretty good understanding where folks are throughout the organization come just. >> as we go on i'll be asking if you recognize some of the names at different people we have met to this point, but at this time up until may 26, 2020, an individual name derek chauvin was a minneapolis police department, is a right? >> that is correct. >> are you aware of who this person is? >> i am. >> did you recognize this person in the courtroom today? >> i do. >> would you please point to them and describe what he is wearing? >> yes. mr. chauvin's right there turkey appears to be wearing a navy blue suit with light blue tie and white sh

police officer -- minneapolis police lieutenant, a trained minneapolis police officer testified that is frequently said, trained to police, a person can talk, it means they can breathe, he would have a problem with that? >> they are able to breathe at that moment in time

here in minneapolis -- i'm not in minneapolis, but in minneapolis, you really saw in the days after george floyd's killing, you saw a move to transform the minneapolis police department there. you saw a majority of city council members get on stage and say they were willing to disband and de-fund the minneapolis police department. they have shifted resources, moving about $8 million from the police budget to violence prevention programs. you see that shift that has been happening at city leadership. they have been focused on that. we know in november, it is very likely that minneapolis residents will have on their ballot an option to reform dramatically the police department here. this seems to be more momentum in what advocates have been calling for on the ground in minneapolis. >> legislatively, they moved quickly in minneapolis to make changes. shaq outside the prison where chauvin is being held. pete williams as well. thanks to both of you. >>> i want to turn it tara brown, george floyd's cousin. she's also the director of the george floyd foundation. good morning to you. thanks for yo

minneapolis the third is southeast minneapolis area. schleicher: focusing specifically on the third precinct it is divided into sectors. >> correct. schleicher: for the purposes to deploy patrol services. >> yes. schleicher: within the various precincts as a tool for dispersing patrol officers? correct?es >> they are also investigative functions as well. >> yes. schleicher: specifically assigned to a precinct quick.ci >> yes. schleicher: professional standards that would cover all the precinct. >> yes. schleicher: publish to 68 it's focus on the third precinct. you can see the different colors. it appears the sectors that we look at from the previous exhibit are listed here. look at sector number one representative 310. is that right quick. >> yes. schleicher: sector two is 320. >> yes. schleicher: we won't go through each of the sectors but the purpose again is to further distinguish further geographic areas any precinct could have dispatchers to pull a law-enforcement resources. >> correct. schleicher: like ms. gary could send a card

is a training that you provide to minneapolis police officers. yes. and this would be administered for this is the program that the broader course on how to administer that's correct pretty. >> correct. >> and you recognize this is record you keep in the ordinary course of the business pretty. >> yes pretty. >> this mr. swisher. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. >> that was at 1041 and i would move to admit the time of 1041. >> 1041 is received. [inaudible]. >> permission to publish 1041. >> this is from the minneapolis police department and served in july 2018. >> correct pretty. >> and he had attended this program or is in-service in july through september of 2018, he would've received the training correct pretty. >> correct. >> in recent years fentanyl has become more of a concern for officers to be aware of. >> absolutely. >> ultimately between officers and the use of narcan to indicate or to contradict i should say, the effects of including fentanyl rated. >> correct. >> in europe experience as medical trainer and a police officer, have you experienced c

that the amendment reasonable standard applies to the use of force in minneapolis of the minneapolis police department, agreed. >> yes. >> and that wason to say that the employees only use the amount of force that is objectively reasonable and if it continues in light of the fact and circumstances known to that employee at the time the force was used. >> yes. >> so the reasonable standard of the object reasonable standard applies to the facts and circumstances that are known by the officer at the time the force was being used, correct. >> yes. now five - 302 gives a definition terms of the use of force and differentiates between active aggression and active resistance. can you describe the difference between active resistance, excuse me active aggression and active resistance. >> active aggression, the behavior initiated by the subject that may or may not be in response to the police effort to bring a person into custody or control the active aggression, when presented behaviors cost is an assault. mark reasonably indicates that an assault or injury to persons likely to occur in a mo

take you live back to minneapolis. testimony resuming. >> of that incident. >> yes. >> and do you recall what that video -- where you saw it? >> yes. >> and was it the -- we've been calling it the darnella frazier video. >> yes. >> did you watch that in its entirety? >> yes. >> and since then have you had opportunity to watch other video of the incident? >> yes. >> and specifically have you watched body worn camera video of the incident from the involved officers? >> yes. >> and based on that, and your years of training and experience with the minneapolis police department, you saw officer -- then officer chauvin with his knee on mr. floyd's neck. correct? >> yes. >> would you call what you saw there a use of force? >> yes. >> and did that use of force continue until the ambulance arrived? >> yes, it did. >> was there any change in the level of force being used until the ambulance arrived? >> no. >> and what do you think about that use of force during that time period? >> i'm sorry? >> what do you think about that use

now i would like to talk to you about a couple of the minneapolis policies. so there's a sensually 2 minneapolis police policies that deal with emergency medical response correct. one being after use of force correct. and that being as soon as reasonably practical determine if anyone was injured and render medical aid consistent with training and request if necessary or part that's a policy 5 dash 306 involving the use of force right now and so. the cost of the the policy is somewhat qualified correct meaning it's as soon as reasonably practical correct so in the course of the medical training one of the things that you train officers to do in the ministration of 1st aid is to consider other circumstances correct make sure that your scene is safe before you're able to render it. and there's the scene being safe could be not being safe could be come from a number of factors correct. environmental factors such as where you're located right yes whether there's a lot of traffic correct yes or whether there's a lot of bystanders correct. depending on their behavio

minneapolis police chief -- the minneapolis police chief said the acts that chauvin took were totally unnecessary. the witnesses on the stand this morning was the doctor who pronounced george floyd dead at the hospital. >> was your leading theory of george floyd's cardiac arrest oxygen deficiency? >> that was one of the more likely possibilities. i felt that at the time, based on the information i had, it was more likely than the other possibilities. >> and, doctor, is there another name for death by oxygen deficiency. >> asphyxia. it's well known that any amount of time a patient spends in cardiac arrest without immediate cpr markedly decreases the chance of a good outcome. >> none of the officers on the scene performed cpr on george floyd. the doctor said he believed floyd's death was not likely from drug use but instead from suffocation or asphyxia. the defense team tried to combat that conclusion. >> so when someone ingests fentanyl, it can cause them to feel very sleepy because of an increased carbon dioxide level. agreed? >> correct. >> and that's one of the reasons, ultimately,

the minneapolis police department are you familiar with the minneapolis police department. critical thinking. or critical decision making model. and you would agree i'm assuming again based on a long career that an officer is constantly taking in new information and that information will affect the decisions he or she makes right. and would you also agree that the training that you received an initially as a police officer is probably a lot different than the are the academy not. yours. obviously the the available tools that officers have are a lot different today than they were in the you know 859095 body cameras they didn't exist when you 1st became a police officer or tasers were not a thing of. if you carried a gun in some handcuffs. old school coffee right. now in terms of the decision making. the decision making of a police officer. would you agree that there are certain pieces of information that that officer has that effect his or her decisions on the use of force. and some of those some of that information is very immediate kind of low level information agreed. so

foundation there was a very tragic incident minneapolis many years ago. that involved the death of a community member but when we started that was really kind of culminated for our department deescalation and even when you heard department starting to talk about other tools like tasers all of these types of things it was around that time frame that i think our department really started getting a lot more education awareness and training as relates to the escalation what about just you know even if you weren't taught deescalation formally when you started back in 1990 as a practical matter in practice is that something that's been employed by experienced police officers for a long time now is this is what about in your own experience when you were on patrol. did you use deescalation techniques yes quite a bit yes did you find them to be effective a way to maybe talk somebody down from a situation in a situation rather than needing to use force yes and with the primary goal is it you know you want to keep. yourself safe as an officer and you also want to ke

a.d., the man he came to minneapolis with. so, i'll make some brief remarks and then we're going to have attorney stewart make some brief remarks and then we're going to hear from this family and we're going to try to leave here today knowing that -- >> on the monitor, the reverend al sharpton joining ben crump. let's listen to this for a moment. >> let's pause for a moment to proclaim this historical moment not just for the legacy of george floyd, but for the legacy of america. the legacy of trying to make america for all americans. so that george floyd's victory and america's quest for equal justice under the law will be intertwined. america, let's frame this moment as a moment where we finally are getting close to living up to our declaration of independence, that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equally, that they're endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights that amongst them are life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. well, america, that means all of us. that means bl

he is the chief of the minneapolis police department. he is communicating extraordinarily well with that jury. and, remember, jurors -- we don't see them. we think of the jury as this object, monolithe. they are 12 human beings. we don't see them on camera but they are there in the courtroom. by my impression he has this jury, listening to him, understanding him and what he is wants to say. what they are setting stage for is the big questions. did derek chauvin's actions violate his training at the minneapolis police department? did his actions violate the p.d.'s use of force policy? i believe based on prior public statements chief around ov will say unequivocally yes to both things. if and yes that happens that's a huge moment for the prosecution. >> i was just in commercial break refreshing the extraordinarily live tv moment in the wake of the death of george floyd with sarah sidner our corporate there able to grab the chief in the middle of the scene. and it's a double box. it's on the don lemon show you see a member of fl floyd's fam

>> yes. >> now in terms of the minneapolis police department, are you familiar with the minneapolis police department's critical thinking -- or critical decision-making model? >> yes. >> you would agree, i am assuming again, based on a long career, that an officer is constantly taking in new information, and that information will affect the decisions he or she makes, right? >> that's correct. >> would you also agree that the training that you received initially as a police officer is probably a lot different than the academy now. >> yes. >> obviously the available tools that officers have are a lot different than in '85, '90, '95. >> yes. >> body cameras did not exist. >> no. tasers did not exist either? >> no. >> old school cops, carried a gun. >> yes. >> in terms of decision-making of a police officer, would you agree there are certain pieces of information that that officer has that affect his or her decisions on the use of force? >> yes. >> some of that information is very immediate, kind of low level information. agreed? >> yes. >> so, for example, what just happened with this particu

with minneapolis police department policy, was not reflective of the minneapolis police department. he will not mince words. he will be very clear and decisive that this was excessive force. so ladies and gentlemen, what was this all about in the first place? you're going to learn that it was about a counterfeit 20-dollar bill used at a convenience store. that's all. you will not hear any evidence that mr. floyd knew that it was fake or did it on purpose. you will learn from witnesses we will call the police officers could have written him a ticket and let the court to sort it out. you will learn that even if he did it on purpose, it was a minor offense, a misdemeanor. so in terms of the charges that we are bringing, we are going to prove to you that mr. chauvin's conduct was a substantial cause of mr. floyd's death. we charged him with murder in the second degree, murder in the third degree and manslaughter for using excessive force against george floyd. you will learn the use of excessive and reasonable force is an assault and this case we will show you that this was an assault th

that the amendment reasonable standard applies to the use of force in minneapolis of the minneapolis police department, agreed. >> yes. >> and that wason to say that the employees only use the amount of force that is objectively reasonable and if it continues in light of the fact and circumstances known to that employee at the time the force was used. >> yes. >> so the reasonable standard of the object reasonable standard applies to the facts and circumstances that are known by the officer at the time the force was being used, correct. >> yes. now five - 302 gives a definition terms of the use of force and differentiates between active aggression and active resistance. can you describe the difference between active resistance, excuse me active aggression and active resistance. >> active aggression, the behavior initiated by the subject that may or may not be in response to the police effort to bring a person into custody or control the active aggression, when presented behaviors cost is an assault. mark reasonably indicates that an assault or injury to persons likely to occur in a mo

nelson: there is a note that popped up right as we were announcer: friday feature testimony from minneapolis police officer richard zimmerman as he was questioned by the prosecution and defense about the police use of force against george floyd. [background noises] you are still under oath as a reminder. >> thank you. >> i want to draw your attention back to the incident may 25 of 2020. >> yes. >> you told the jurors about -- not being at the scene finishing her work the. the next day did you have opportunity to review some video of the incident? >> yes. >> do you recall the video? >> yes. >> this video? >> yes. >> if you watch -- did you watch it in its entirety? >> yes. >> since then have you had opportunity to watch other video of the incident? >> yes. >> specifically have you watched body worn video of the incident from the involved officers? >> yes. >> based on that in your years of training and experience with minneapolis police department, you saw then officer chauvin put his knee on mr. flights neck, correct? >> yes. >> would you call what you saw the use of force? >> yes. >> did tha

we may have lost our connection there in minneapolis and we lost him. for. that just let's give it a 2nd see if we can reestablish contact he has a lot of people that are on trying to get connections and we try to do that while we're trying to do that let me just bring you up to date on what is happening right now you're looking at live pictures from downtown minneapolis in the u.s. state of minnesota the former minneapolis police officer derek shogun has been found guilty on all 3 counts in the killing of george florida all 3 counts guilty of 2nd degree manslaughter guilty of 2nd degree murder and guilty of 3rd degree murder. jeff on can you hear me. i can hear you yes ok good all right that that's ok i mean we know that the airwaves are full right now with people reporting on this so where do things go from here do we know. with this guilty verdict can can there be an appeal. there can be an appeal on the remember yesterday the jaci actually announced and confirmed. what the defense of mr chavez said that a democratic representative from in washington for

[inaudible conversations] >> an image taken a minneapolis as the first week of the trial minneapolis police officer derek chauvin comes to a close. nineteen people testified this week "the new york times" took pictures outside the courtroom echoes of the protests that erupted last summer after a cell phone video of george floyd's death was published online. the trial is set to resume monday morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. you can watch it live here on c-span2. >> when companies use profit to measure success in the medical arena, the problem is that we cannot expect that companies to care about us. we cannot expect them to sublimate and make less money because they care about our health. they have shown us. they don't care about our health. that government is the people we pay and expect to care about our health so the government should be raining in these companies. the government should be forcing them for the public needs and it is not.

all the things that we do as peace officers for the minneapolis police department. and i mentioned the thousands of calls that our men and women respond to it is my firm belief that the one singular incident we will be judged forever on will be our use of force and so while it is absolutely imperative their officers go home at the end of their shift we want to make sure and ensure that our community members go home to and so sanctity of life is absolutely vital that that is the pillar for use of force. has this generally always been the case with me affluence use of force policy is not going to that change. we implemented this particular in 2016. as the training and use of force and the application of use of force policy and imparted including this philosophy on to police officers in training at the training center is or is. is the policy itself define force which is force. yes it does if we can take a look at exhibit 217 published that. he highlighted use of force. generally speaking what it is force. it can be any physical contact it can be with the weapon and it

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s just outside that courtroom vioxx reports that the hennepin county government center in minneapolis is surrounded by concrete barriers chain link fencing and barbed wire nearby buildings have boarded up their storefront windows members of the national guard have been patrolling the area with the mayor and police chief now promising even more police presence in the community in the community as this trial presses on in the summer one has to wonder how long . till the simmer turns once again into a boil especially if the citizens of minneapolis are denied the justice their community deserves and let's start watching all this. on a cd. player so you. see this is this you always see always. great to see this least systemic just says so which. so please join us. and welcome everyone to watching the hawks i am i robot and i'm be sure and joining us today to discuss the effects on the community of the trial of derek shaaban is civil rights attorney and resident the minneapolis minnesota friend of the show and to keep the levy armstrong always a pleasure having you on with us and. thanks fo

we pull up every death report in minneapolis. and i will look through each report and i will assign a case that i might have some questions about. i will talk to the detectives and explain why i think this needs to be looked into. that is monday through friday. frank: are you the direct supervisor? >> yes. frank: starting with the nap on - - minneapolis police department 1985 where are you in seniority? >> i am number one officer in seniority. i hate to say that. [laughter] . . . . from a death to serious injury of either officers or the public so called in on the. >> where you technically on duty at that time? >> i was at home i was notified by my commander of the incident that happened at 30th and chicago. >> so then did you respond to that? >> yes. >> do you recall what time it was you arrived at the scene? >> a little after 9:00 p.m. >> the location of 30th and chicago, were you familiar with that location at that time? >> yes. >> there to say no stranger to calls of violence incidences? >> yes, absolutely. >> when you arrive

again does this appear to be a photograph taken from or a still frame image of a minneapolis police body camera yes or a time being 1028 and 29 seconds yes or. 202829202020 minutes or yes which would be $82829.00. and again can you see the placement of officer shortens neat yes or can you see mr floyd's head yes or i'd offer 1048 and there's him. yes he looked to receive permission to publish and then again it's a little hard to see here you can see mr ford's head in that area yes and mr shogun officer showing his knee between the shoulder blades of mr ford yes sir. does this appear to be a neck restraint no sir fiza sapir to be a prone. hold but some an officer may apply with his knee yes. you can take that down. now if you have talked about taking. or holding the person in the prone position after they have stopped resisting do you recall talking about yes or and. are there circumstances in your career where you have had to use your body weight to hold a suspect down for longer periods of time than say 2 or 3 seconds yes or and are there times where you have had to use your body weight

abc's alex perez leading us off from minneapolis again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is inmate 261557 at minnesota's only maximum security prison. spending 23 hours a day in a stark cell like this one, isolated from his fellow prisoners for his own safety, in what's called "administrative segregation." chauvin, the rare police officer tried and convicted for killing someone while on duty. >> bail is revoked, bond is discharged, and the defendant is remanded to the custody of the hennepin county sheriff. >> reporter: chauvin handcuffed and led away. the justice department, now weighing whether to bring federal civil rights charges against him. and today, attorney general merrick garland putting the entire minneapolis police department under the microscope. >> the justice department has opened a civil investigation to determine whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing. >> reporter: the problem probe will assess whether the department engages in discriminatory conduct.

did you start with the minneapolis police department? >> i started as a cadet in the cadet program. >> but that was your first job in law enforcement? >> yes, sir. >> you started as a cadet. describe that experience if you would. >> the cadet program is a curriculum designed for those with graduated college from an accredited college to undergo more criminal justice and law classes as well as partake in skills, as well as various scenario-based simulations pertaining to law enforcement. it's a curriculum designed with the end goal of becoming post certified by the poster board. >> police officer standards and training for come ises that rig? >> correct. >> okay. c that's how you get your license to be a police officer in the state of minnesota? >> correct. after obtaining that you can be an officer, a license peace officer in the state of minnesota. >> and you occasionally take -- [inaudible] >> yes. >> you occasionally take continuing education credits to keep your license current? >> correct. >> do do that as part of in-service trainin

>> city of minneapolis police department. >> and what do you do for the city of minneapolis? >> i am currently on medical leave but i'm with the ambrose police department. >> how long have you dealt with tmpd? >> since 1996. >> i would like for you to tell the jury about yourself, first. can you share your educational background? >> i have a four-year degree in criminal justice studies. >> what year? >> 95. >> and after you graduated from the university, did you get a job in law enforcement right away or go elsewhere? >> i got hired from the minneapolis police department in 1996 and joined the police academy. >> describe your academy experience. >> as a cadet we did a combination of the police academy along with college courses to qualify with the minnesota. >> did you take and pass the post pass as a licensed peace officer? >> [inaudible] >> yes, your honor. yes, sir. >> after you completed your curse work at the academy did you go to the field training program? >> yes, sir. >> how long were you in that program? >> about four months at that time. >> you received your first a

>> yes. >> now in terms of the minneapolis police department, are you similar with the minneapolis police department's critical thinking or critical decision-making model? >> yes. >> and you would agree, i'm assuming again based on a long career, that an officer is constantly taking in new information and that information will affect the decisions he or she makes, right? >> that's correct. >> and would you also agree that the training that you received initially as a police officer is probably a lot different than the academy now? >> yes. >> obviously the available tools that officers have a lot different today than they were, you know, 85, 90, 95? >> yes. >> by the cameras, they didn't exist when you first became a police officer. >> that's correct. >> tasers were not a thing either, right? >> no. >> he carried a gun and some handcuffs and kind of old-school cop, right? >> yes. >> now, in terms of the decision-making, the decision-making of a police officer, would you agree that there are certain pieces of information that that officer has that affect his or her decision on the use of fo

the unarmed black man who was killed last may in minneapolis. we understand that the verdict has been reached and all the members of the jury are assembling in the courtroom along with the judge. along with derek chauvin himself, the former white police officer and the members of the prosecution and the defense team. we have been speaking to a host of legal analysts over the last hour. they have all been surprised by the speed with which the jurors reached their decision. they deliberated for 11 hours. that is not long in the context of the case that has been tried for three weeks up there in minneapolis. several of those legal analysts suggesting to us that they thought that meant there was a unanimous decision and most likely guilty decision as well but we will bring you that verdict as soon as we ve it from those members of the jury. our correspondent is in minneapolis for us. thank you for joining the program, larry. it is a quiet crowd. a subdued and respectful crowd standing behind you. on the very spot where george floyd was killed last m

here we are day seven of this trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. the jury heard meaningful testimony from training officers within the police department particularly when it comes to the use of force and neck restraints. chauvin is accused of killing george floyd while kneeling on his neck for nearly ten minutes during that arrest back in may of last year. right now the court is breaking for lunch. when they get back in the courtroom, we'll take you to those live proceedings. let's back up for a minute and play you what jurors must be mulling over right now from the minneapolis use of force training officers. >> sir, is this an mpd trained neck restraint? >> no, sir. >> has it ever been? >> neckry s restraint, no, sir. >> is this an mpd authorized neck restraint? >> knee on the neck is not someth something -- is something that's authorized. >> for what length of time? >> the type of resistance you're getting. >> if there was, say for example, the subject was under control and handcuffed, would this be authorized? >> i would say no. >> let's go outs

and joining the minneapolis police academy. describe your cata experience as a get out so we did a combination of a police academy along with college courses to qualify for the minnesota post test did you take and pass the tests your lists are licensed peace officer. will that we don't talk over each other that they get yes or right after you completed your coursework with you cademy did you go into field training program yes or how long were you in that program i believe was about 4 months at that time and then you received your 1st assignment as a police officer so right yes or can you please tell the jury what your 1st assignment was where were you and what were your duties as a patrol officer signed to the precinct which is saw at least annapolis. duties or are patrolling the streets answer no one calls. how long did you serve as a patrol officer in the thirty's. initially for a couple of years and then i went to the community response team which is a plainclothes unit one of the it's also referred the community response te

. >> 1985 you started with minneapolis? >> yes. i had the weekend off and started in minneapolis june 5th, 1985. >> are you a licensed police officer in the state of minnesota? >> yes, i am. >> when did you first obtain your license? >> i'm sorry? >> when did you first obtain your license? >> june 3rd of 1981. >> as a police officer, having that license, are you required to do certain things to maintain that license? >> yes. >> what kinds of things do you have to do? >> we have to do continuing ed like any other professional license. we have to do 40 hours of different education, professional education in a certain time period. i'm not sure if it's one or two years. >> if you don't, somebody will let you know, right? >> yes, they will. >> since 1981, have you done all that's been required to maintain your license? >> yes, i have. >> when you started with the minneapolis police department in 1985, what was your job? what were your duties? >> i was a patrolman. i worked the north side precinct, it's called precinct four. i worked the

minneapolis police department crisis intervention team usurper art and so i'm going to just go. so i'm going to have you just look at this this is the material and the training materials that the crisis intervention team present to the officers in this 40 hour training right no sir this is the training that you received this is a journey that i created but it wasn't delivered to shop and all of the other officers ok this is something that you created to train minneapolis police officers yes are but this and this is a more recent model than the $2800.00 model this is a program that we created really as you targeted the recruiting the kid at academies ok so this is separate from what shaaban and the other officers went through i'm ok but some of the information is generally a clickable to all police officers who are trained in crisis intervention as well as deescalation yes and. officers are trained to look for potential signs of aggression from suspects or crowd observers right yes or and what are some of the potential signs of aggression that officers are trained to watch for. b

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till the simmer turns once again into a boil especially if the citizens of minneapolis are denied the justice their community deserves now let's start watching the hawks. on a cd. player so you can. see the prizes you always see. grace suggests least systemic deceptions show which. brings up just as. welcome everyone to watching the hawks i am i robot and i'm joining us today to discuss the effects on the community of the trial of derek shaaban is civil rights attorney and resident the minneapolis minnesota friend of the show and the kima levy armstrong always a pleasure having you on with us and if you mom. thanks for having me so i want to ask you it's you know a week and a few days into the trial what what has the trials of fact been like on the community so far. as you might imagine it has caused a lot of trauma in our community there are people who watch the trial because it is so triggering it's triggering for me as a civil rights attorney you know as a resident of the appaloosas to watch those bystander videos over and over here and into here george slowly falling out for help

the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, including during protests. the investigation will also assess whether the m.p.d. engages in discriminatory conduct, and whether its treatment of those with behavioral health disabilities is unlawful. it will include a comprehensive review of the minneapolis police department's policies, training, supervision, and use of force investigations. it will assess the effectiveness of the m.p.d.'s current systems of accountability and whether other mechanisms are needed to ensure constitutional and lawful policing. broad participation in this investigation from the community and from law enforcement will be vital to its success. the justice department has already begun to reach out to community groups and members of the public to learn about their experiences with the m.p.d. we also seek to hear from the department's officers about the training and support they receive because their , perspective is essential. all these voices will help provi

the verdict here in minneapolis? >> much of what we heard really in minneapolis and across the country is what we heard here in new york. it's always eerie to be here 12 hours after there was a huge swell of people. as they were reading the verdict in minneapolis there was a small crowd gathering in the middle. they were listening to the verdict being read and folks were celebrating. but as the crowd swelled, it very much became a mixed bag of emotions. folks were happy about the verdict because as you said, so many people felt like they had been wronged by this justice system. that black men and women continue to be killed. they thought what is next for us? what is the next step? thing that's we could change in this country on a legislative level. police reform needs to happen. i spoke to someone who speaks for the people of new york. and he talked about the conversation that needed to happen now. . >> we can't just rest on a conviction. but we have to remember the trouble around the conversations. and until we have

attorney general has launched an investigation into the minneapolis police force a day after one of its officers was found guilty of the murder and manslaughter of george floyd the verdicts handed down today show been on tuesday marked the end of an emotionally charged trial in a case which inspired protests across the globe but merrick garland said the verdicts did not go far enough in addressing systemic racism and the behavior of police. yesterday's verdict in the state criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues in minneapolis the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force including during protests the investigation will also assess whether the m.p.t. and gauges in discriminatory conduct and whether it's treatment of those with behavioral health disability is unlawful that's going to top white house correspondent committee how quiet in washington d.c. and committee seems to be a real political push now on on police reform but how difficult will it be to d