Derek Chauvin trial: police inspector to testify for prosecution – live updates

Day seven of murder trial over George Floyd’s death underway Former commander of training program to address events of 25 May Police chief: use of force on George Floyd was ‘in no way’ policy Doctor says asphyxia was likely cause of death

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The trial is resuming. The prosecution is calling its next witness.

Minneapolis sergeant Ker Yang just took the stand. He’s the crisis intervention training coordinator for the police department, where he has worked for 24 years.

DAY 7 Testimony UNDERWAY: The head of the Minneapolis Police Crisis Intervention Training program, Sgt. Ker Yang, is state’s witness #23 #ChauvinTrial pic.twitter.com/LBNIpry4Fq

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It’s striking to have so many police officers testifying for the prosecution against former officer Derek Chauvin, who was a Minneapolis cop for 19 years before he was fired and arrested last year after George Floyd was killed.

Arradondo’s unequivocal and historic testimony condemning now-former officer Derek Chauvin’s actions that led to George Floyd’s death is seen by some veteran lawyers as a fresh crack in the longstanding “blue wall” code of silence by police.

“What could be the possible interest in the police trying to defend that?” civil rights attorney Al Goins said. “Their best defense as a department is to try to say this is wrong, this is not who we are, and that’s not who we want to be in the future.”...

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