{"id":2910,"date":"2021-04-06T21:46:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinvolvement.wordpress.com\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2021-04-06T21:46:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:46:37","slug":"derek-chauvin-trial-minneapolis-police-chief-says-chauvins-use-of-force-went-against-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/2021\/04\/06\/derek-chauvin-trial-minneapolis-police-chief-says-chauvins-use-of-force-went-against-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chauvin Trial: Minneapolis Police Chief Says Chauvin\u2019s Use of Force Went Against Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Nicholas Kweyu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(nicholaskweyu99@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Minneapolis police chief, Medaria Arradondo, testifies that Chauvin’s use of force in the arrest of George Floyd was excessive – CNN<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, Minneapolis Chief of Police Medaria Arradondo, testified that Chauvin\u2019s conduct in the arrest of George Floyd was not in line with training. He said that it in fact breached regulations by showing \u201cdisregard for the sanctity of life\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClearly when Mr. Floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless, to continue to apply that level of force to a person prone out, hands cuffed behind their back- that in no way, shape or forms is anything that is by policy,\u201d said Arradondo. \u201cIt\u2019s not part of our training and it\u2019s certainly not part of our ethics or values.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also explained that officers are trained to handle people with dignity and respect. Moreover, they are also given basic first aid training such as using an inhaler to reverse an opioid overdose or handling a bleeding gunshot victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was spurred by the prosecutor pointing out that Chauvin and the other officers had failed to provide medical assistance to Floyd when he stopped breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having been at home during the situation, Arradondo observed the arrest from the bystander video. From this, he could see how long Chauvin had kept Floyd pinned face down and that Chauvin had used more than the allowed \u201clight-to-moderate\u201d pressure. The chief therefore concluded that it was a breach of his department\u2019s principles and values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to law experts who track police prosecutions, it is a highly unusual occurrence for a police chief to provide evidence against one of their own officers. It should, however, be noted that Arradondo, who is the city\u2019s first black chief of police, fired Chauvin and three other officers the day after the arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This testimony pokes holes in the defense\u2019s theory that Chauvin\u2019s actions during the arrest of George Floyd were based on and in line with the training he had received in his 19 years on the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Nicholas Kweyu (nicholaskweyu99@gmail.com) On Monday, Minneapolis Chief of Police Medaria Arradondo, testified that Chauvin\u2019s conduct in the arrest of George Floyd was not in line with training. He said that it in fact breached regulations by showing \u201cdisregard for the sanctity of life\u201d. \u201cClearly when Mr. Floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}