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tv   NEWSHOUR  Al Jazeera  April 6, 2021 12:00am-1:01am +03

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what happens during pre-service training now so pre-service as there is again it's we have 2 different types of police academies that recruit in a cadet program so they will. currently it's changed a little bit since last year but the time i was a commander it was eaten in 1000 weekly sick enemy that they would go through that they had to pass before they could enter into their field training officer program so they endure a lot of use of force and defensive tactics they train on investigations they do scenarios deescalation crisis intervention. medical and heavy emphasis on the policy manual on patrol operations. and the training that's provided a say for example with defensive tactics is that different in pre-service than the training that's provided during in-service training. is that different is just
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longing to get more of it in the academy. if you one moment your honor if i may. thank you you're right and so fair to say that the training that's offered up at the academy is an extended version of more thorough version of what's offered in service in service would focus more on classroom training and there's a curriculum that's been developed by defensive tactics instructors teams is that right if they typically show some kind of a powerpoint presentation going over the rules and minneapolis police department policies right for 4 in service whereas the academy they're going to go through that same you know some of the same concepts and materials but in
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a more extended way. now you also mentioned a field training program and in order to have the field training program work you have field training officers is that right correct and sometimes i'm sorry the the field training officers. need to be aware of what the people in pre-service are doing as far as what they're learning in defensive tactics is that right yes and so is it true that sometimes field training officers will receive instruction in defensive tactics for example. just the same as someone in preschool history and what is the purpose of making sure that the field training officers are aware of what the training is pre-service so there's a consistency in how we grade now evaluate recruit officers on the street. was the defendant in a field training officer he was do you know how long he was
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a field training officer i didn't know that my head did you select him as a field training officer i did. now you've mentioned a variety of different courses that are tika training that's provided the workforce center. is it important to keep records of that trip it's very important and why is that because in a sort of post war which is our peace officer standards and training required us to complete so much training each year part of that is a 48 hours of continuing education over the course of 3 years and with that training has to be in your use of force weapons qualifications mental health crises procedural justice so 30 that training has 16 hours roughly out of that 48 hours has to be. in compliance with the minnesota post board and so keeping those records
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are you know critical to make sure we can when we bring them to post court they can do it on it on them and you rely on those records in order to in fact these reports to the post you have qualified officers staff is that right correct here in the ordinary course of. your business i guess if we stop are there. this time i'd like to show the witness only exhibit 2 or 3 for a definition. all right inspector you to look at exhibit 203 you know i asked you to rotate through some of the pages the witness can examine. you
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familiar with these records and our you feel you're with them so these are training records that we track in our reports director system we maintain these records each officer has to sign in a training in the morning in the afternoon and then our sibling corner will upload these into the answers file so we can keep track of the training or if somebody didn't make the training we need to make it up and it's in service training and any additional training that they had on duty. and if you go back to show the last 6 page of the witness. and you see that this particular work force record goes back to 2003 why is that and that's when we were 1st director started i believe prior to that there was some different system this paper dismissed him home are those records or so and were restricted or in or how long does empty retain training records workforce records so the city retains records for 7 years so once
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we have them we'll keep this in our work 1st director and some training syllabuses an itinerary they're put on and dr paper copies are generally archived at some point down to a central location within the city but for 7 years correct ok so these are the records that we have available for this particular individual going back to 2003 since ok. offer of i'm sorry is exhibit to 2 or 3 to defend us tree records. exhibit 2 or 3 is the defense the training records of that yes it is offer exhibit 2 or 3. to agree received permission to publish. and so in light to just if you could. highlight this 1st verse record entry here.
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you can see these records are are organized in a way that is generally labels the course in various states and then there's a start date and indeed for the participant is that right. the total number of continuing education credits are there was there a yes. i want to back up through these records if written out again. if you slow down with. all right so just for example we don't look at what's labeled here in 2000 a trainee. that section.
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all right and so you see with these records it's listed as a 2019 annual in-service training in refers to phase 3. what is that annual in-service training surratt annual in-service training usually consists of 3 phases of training the 1st phase will have 2 days of in-service training for officers personally 1416 hours from january to roughly. and then phase 2 will roll into our shock and qualification their medical training on the curriculum that year what's in that and that's usually end of the beginning of summer months and the end of the summer months and then phase 3 is. in-service training in the same thing it's usually 2 days different curriculum that we have to there are mandated to do or if the chief wants us to do or that we're trying to do
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professional courses and so regardless of the specific training or if if an individual from m p d a seeking these 32001000 you will in-service training should leave you learning the same thing on that particular day as anyone else in m.p. taking. if you can zoom out if you go down to 2800. 50 all next. here you see what smart as a 2850 you know training program is field training officer correct yes and so is this a train the trainer program. yes from the empty oh corner and myself as
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the lieutenant at the time put on the training we brought in a different instructors to teach at a class and what is taught. so there was a almost 40 hour course and it was a primary emphasis on leadership the critical decision making model. effective rope for its recruiting observation performance evaluation report really so the seals are taught the manual and then they're giving tips on adult cheney adult learner and we do some scenarios in there where they can brief using the critical decision making model they had defensive tactics they had a component of human resources that came in this explain what the do's and other jobs are as a field training officer it's basically we were trying to make sure that they understood what the recruits were being taught because they're going to evaluate them out there and the closest thing to
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a supervisor that young recruit officer has. if i understand your understood your prior testimony defensive tactics and use of force is something that's trained every year during the regular. current so for example in 2013 the defendant would have been instructed in defensive tactics and proper use of force at least twice right once during this 2000. training program and once during the regular answer is correct in if we can at this time just of the witness display exhibit $275.00. exhibit $275.00 does that appear to be hand written records like a signing roster for a particular course it is a particular course includes patrol ops the parentheses. to me and
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defensive tactics to me right. in the 2nd name on this list is not a name of the defendant it is right and so does exhibit 275 indicate that the defendant did receive on november 30th 2018 a block of defensive tactics training as taught in the academy. for exhibit 275. received permission to publish. and if you could highly. you can see the number of training hours here was 8 separate. so that would have
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been between divided between patrol ops your thoughts and tactics as todd. and again the purpose is so that the person can be effective training officer and know what the trainees cadets and recruits are being taught at pre-service is a right. if you go back. to all 3. we'll go to the 2nd page. where it says 2000. this will if you could highlight that please. oh. it's up for me. to quit i did i'm sorry permission to publish.
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or. you highlight that section please. and just to define some terms here you see it says 2018 shotgun in c.i.t. training sorry yes 7 hour block. direct and c o t what does that stand for it is a crisis intervention training escalation mental health awareness you also see there's a treating indicated for procedural justice can training in 2018 correct yes. and only. crisis intervention training this one is a fairly short crisis intervention training walk is that right correct that the
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switch is a wonder but go to play with shotguns and the other group would. put up after lunch with the with the original christmas intervention training walker model. it's much longer 7 hours. yes it's 3 hours and this is just a refresher ok and so then if you could move to the next few days. you highlight that portion. of the one above it to where it starts at ca 2016. all right and so here you see on the defendant's training records indicates a multiple it hour blocks of instruction occurring in november of 2016.
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yes and is that to show where the defendant attended paid crisis intervention training in 2016 the approximate 40 hour course it does. and in addition to if you can take that in addition to the defensive tactics and use of force training. in-service training require regular medical or you know combat lifesaver trick is we generally do a medical component can you just please describe what that training entails sure so our medical support team consists of a full time trainer and they have part time changers that are certified in teasing paramedics they're also police officers so they will perform their conduct c.p.r.
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training can turn a kit chest seals just lifesaving measures but this is the cover positional asphyxia something they cover say to delirium opioids things that relate to our job when to respond to a call so they can better assess the situation when they get there and be able to render 1st aid now that you mention the term positional asphyxia neuer with what that is was your understanding of positional asphyxia so positional asphyxia as if you're in a position where you're you're not able to adequately breathe something is interfering with your airway and if individual is in a prone handcuffed position for example faced. that it could inhibit their ability to pre and cause positional asphyxia yes and what are officers trained to do or supposed to do to prevent positional asphyxia there's also the put them on the side recovery position which is they're going from prone and just putting money or sight
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or upright position how soon are supposed to do that prior to or after getting the person under control in the proper action as soon as possible. hold on have you known about the potential dangers of positional asphyxia. positional asphyxia i bet my academy. minneapolis police are the is the in of the dangers of positional asphyxia been known to out the department at least as long as you've been employed there correct and your employment overlaps. with the defense is that correct. is part of the medical training do you in addition to the actual how to of providing emergency medical care our officers taught their obligations to
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provide and render a virgin see assistance when the circumstances arise yes then policy as well as training. you're familiar with the minute minneapolis critical decision making model. and that model you see in the circle all see the circle how if you ties that model is infused throughout different portions training materials and m.p. it is why is it we wanted to ensure the answers a lot of experienced officers understand that critical decision making model the more experience you have the more you can walk through it. but it will the recruits learned early on it was helping them connect the dots better with information they receiving on the scene and working through them that we'll i'm constantly recessing and then using the it was a procedural justice in the middle and say one of the consistent with our field training officer program to be briefed on the recruits and then in our in service
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they're good constantly reassess the situation when they're on scene he said that the critical decision making model was used to reassess people who are going through the process yes in the field training house or program we had scenarios where we had the feel cheney nassar debrief at the time he's community service officers as ripley is so. brief using then after anderson ariel so going through the steps of taking in information sussing risk assessing threats reassessing evaluating goals and then relating that to the pillars of procedural justice that something that any field training officer will be required to do with the people that they're evaluating for any current.
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defensive tactics. training you are not only showing or having officers learn you know sort of the nuts and bolts of defensive tactics but also the rules of engagement as our current and those are contained in the minneapolis police department all policies as i write yes and the rules of the rules they apply to everyone they apply to you yes they apply to recruits they apply to conducts they apply to people on field training in experienced officers as well. we're going to show you of what's been received as exhibit 17. and ask you officer as you look at exhibit 17 is this a trained technique that by the minneapolis police department when you were
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overseeing training it is not and why not. well these are for supporting the policy has to be you know consistent with m.p.t. training and what we train our neck restraints the conscious and unconscious neck restraint so policy and that restraint is compressing want to both sides using an arm related but what we train is using one arm or 2 or to do a neck restraint. and how does this differ. i don't know what kind of improvised position it is so this is not what we train for it that oh. thank you i have no further questions. in.
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ok so right now we just seeing well this is katie blackwell who used to run the training of minneapolis police officers she is now minneapolis police precinct inspector interesting to note that as we heard with the police chief the daria. we the prosecution really taking her through background her experience because she's also part of the minnesota national guard she's been deployed to iraq conducted a peacekeeping mission and very interesting lee has known derek show then for 2 decades. very interesting witness and of course is very important to test me that we've had. earlier on today from the police chief. saying that the use
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of the neck restraint on george floyd was a violation of the minutes from the police department's policy that training's the ethics it went again against instructions from the minneapolis police department and actually john hendren is following developments and joins us now and john actually after the initial questioning by the prosecution are done joe is that questioned again and he was shown not that defining image wasn't he of the kneeling on george floyd's neck and he was again he was again on george floyd was actively resisting arrest and the response from chief was definitively no so all this very important the reasonable use of force in a situation like this. that's right the blue wall of silence we've heard so much about these cases came crashing down
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day when the chief of police testified against eric show over and the same derrick jovan he fired after the death of george floyd and when he was asked about whether that new you hold that we've all seen in those pictures was appropriate and whether derek chauvelin violated police policy he said he absolutely violated the policy and that that hold was not consistent with in his words our ethics and values he went on to say that show been was at all gated with along with the other officers to provide medical assistance to anyone under his control who required help and it was the officers themselves who were proactively required to do that not just by calling paramedics but actually by delivering that help themselves and not only did children not do that but we know there was a paramedic on the scene a firefighter not in uniform who repeatedly offered to chip. pulls of george floyd
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into provide him with medical assistance and that chauvelin the other officers denied her the bill of the ability to do that so this is devastating testimony to the defense i'm sorry the defense did its best to walk that back suggesting a that the chief of police had not been on this street for some time and b. that just because a particular hold is not part of company policy doesn't mean it's prohibited and that that one was not specifically prohibited the chief went on to shoot back that is angeline that nevertheless violated policy holding a man down prone on his face sorry about it long and continually thinking is needed thank you thank you very much sean i'm sorry to interrupt you but the testimony is resuming now i'm sorry they can rotate through different so 11 in within that you know where time frame may make it a class for an hour long class and say they're human factors of force or they may
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get an hour long course on handcuffing techniques it varies within each of those 8 hour time for right. now or have you maintained a list that shows. 2020 these are the classes that occurred during those 8 hours we have. to have you provided the list to in response to the search warrant was. executed at the police department yes ok. now in terms of. the defense of tech training tactics or any of these continuing education classes though there are other officers that actually train these classes and most of all officers may appear during that 8 hour time multiple trainers yes we have part time chains so there would be maybe one person will teach
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the again the human factors for someone else may train. crisis intervention nobody multiple instructors we can't but a lot of the instructors will use materials from past instructors or they'll take combinations of things and they'll just reapers on it in a slightly different form right at times yes and i just for the record i want to ask you you were served me up was police department was served with a search warrant requesting all of the training materials for the 4 involved officers in this case right. and so this would be materials that were from some interior snow or from the police academy some materials that were. in service just a variety of different records right. some 30000 pages perhaps thousands you. have no further questions in the reader and. you are.
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given a nervous he's. there's a jury we're going to take a break for the day we have a hearing we have to do at $830.00 but i'm still hoping that we get started by $915.00 so the same arrangement as today thank you it just a reminder don't identify the case stories in the media appreciate your patients they give. right so proceedings have concluded the day then and the trial of derek show then who's been charged with the murder of george floyd now this is of course a case that is being viewed as having significant implications for. police accountability police brutality in the u.s. we were just hearing there from katie blackwell who used to run the training of minneapolis police officers is now the minneapolis police precinct expected so obviously this very important in establishing the guidelines the instructions and
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the policy that is in place when police offices are dealing with situations such as the one we saw with derrick show then and george floyd about really some very powerful testimony we have from chief daria our own don doe and he was asked specifically about the use of the neck restraint on george floyd and he said that it was a violation of the policy training and ethics of the minneapolis police department he was then questioned again alongside his testimony accompanied by that defining image of derek show the knee kneeling on george floyd's neck and he was again asked if he was in use again asked about whether george ford was actively resisting arrest and the response from chief. was no so a very important point on the use of reasonable force. and of course he also
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pointed out that in a situation like this one a person would would not be continuously penned down on their front because that can restrict breathing so they would typically be rolled on to their over onto their side so they are able to breathe and we can hear a clip from chief medina our own donda we heard from him earlier on. once there was no longer any resistance and clearly when mr floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless to continue to apply that level of force to a person prone doubt handcuffed behind their back. that that is in no way shape or form is anything that. is by policy is not part of our training and it is certainly not part of our ethics are about use. of the court also heard from the doctor who are trying to resuscitate judge
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floyd before pronouncing him dead he discarded a heart attack as the likely cause of death saying floyd was starved of oxygen and dr. was your leading theory then for the cause of most of floyd's cardiac arrest oxygen oxygen the. 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 dr is there another name for death by oxygen deficiency speaks is a commonly understood term. john hendren is live for us now minneapolis and of course he had that test me from the doctor in a very powerful testimony from the man who damning testimony from the man who fired . up to the death of george floyd and a very i think at one point he said when he was shown that image from the video
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where we see george floyd being completely overpowered by doubt it shows and at one point i think he said as i saw that video i don't even know if mr ford was alive at that time. you have a testimony he didn't initially seem terribly dramatic but it was critical to the prosecution case because what they're arguing is that george floyd died of asphyxiation and there you had that doctor confirm that he believes that is the likely cause of death that's going to be very difficult for the defense to refute because he is the ultimate authority who pronounced george floyd dead so now they have just i'm only supporting that aspect of the defense case i'm sorry the prosecution case the defense plans to argue that george floyd didn't die of this fixation that he died from side effects of a combination of drug use he had methamphetamine in fenton ill in his system also
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heart disease and covert 19 and they're arguing that that combination of medical conditions contributed heavily to the death of george floyd the prosecution doesn't have to prove that the is fixation was the only cause that the knee on his neck was the only cause of death for george floyd it just has to be a significantly contributing cause of death and it has to be unjustified we have heard from the police chief who broke that blue wall of silence that we often hear about with police where they like not to testify against each other he cast that out the window clearly prioritising the reputation. of his police department he said it was it was a violation of police policy to use that hold that was not a hold that was approved in training and that that was essentially an abusive force he went on to say that the police were required to offer medical assistance to
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george floyd as soon as he came into distress and that they declined to do so didn't just decline to do so but prevented a paramedic who arrived on the scene out of uniform from offering assistance and in fact the paramedic who finally. took george floyd away a on a stretcher had to actually nudged eric chauvin to get him off of george floyd so this is all a day of devastating and dramatic testimony and it's critical that we have a police chief here testifying against one of his own officers an officer he fired shortly after this event because of what happened and if you add up all of the things that have gone on here some of which the jury is not allowed to consider the firing of of these officers including derek chauvin a $27000000.00 settlement for the family of george floyd technically that did not come with an acknowledgement of guilt but we can all read into that what we like so
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this is a devastating day and the defense is going to have a hard time refuting this you can see that right now that the prosecution is dealing with the training of one of the trainers talking about what derek chauffer was trained to do the prosecution is going to try to say he was not trained to do that we've got a little activity behind us right now these are protesters who are watching some of the participants in this trial coming out of that door the hennepin county government center those are all people who were likely inside of that 18th floor courtroom where all of this is going on and of course you can see behind me the heavy. heavy security that's a national guard vehicle and then you've got camouflaged people behind me a very dramatic day in a very dramatic trial indeed and john of course this is happening all the time of the corona virus the pandemic and the restrictions that are in place obviously that's going to be some tension around this in the city itself what do we know
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about the atmosphere inside the courtroom because you have obviously the defendant derek show in there alongside members of george floyd's family as well. that's right those coded restrictions are urged so tight that only one member of george floyd's family is allowed to be in there and one member of derek chauvinists family we are told by pool reporters in the room that that seat has remained empty throughout this trial but also everyone has space to weigh there's plexiglas every time the judge wants to have a conversation with the lawyers what they call a side bar they're doing it on headphones rather than coming together and there is no other business going on in that courtroom behind me that's partly due to security but also partly due to those covert 1000 restrictions which are very tight . thank you from minneapolis john hendren joining us.
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well debbie hines is a legal analyst and former prosecutor from the city of baltimore she joins us now from washington can i ask about some of your initial thoughts on what we had today . police chief but daria. delivered some powerful testimony and while confirming certainly saying that the actions of an violated his police department's policy. so it was very interesting to have the police chief testify because of what was heard earlier it's very rare that a police chief will testify against officers in his own department and what he did was he actually bolstered what lieutenant zimmerman had testified to earlier not once d.n.a. and that was the only reasonable use of force in the midst of kuwait but i think that what the chief did is he painted the picture of what the police force should be about and that's what this case is about what should be done that would often
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happens and so he stated that the police are poseurs they have a duty of care to the suspect that they are breath and that duty is to printer where aid is necessary so it was also a broken there were showing didn't even give believe is the least bit of concern and wanted and things i think the officer asked for did is that the cheap did scuse me as he talked about the sanctity of life and that's not important because that's what is in contrast to what we're seeing that they're showing showed no regard for human life with respect to the arabs show there but most importantly seeing the carcass or the chief's q thank you card after 30 years the chief of police for the minneapolis police department to say that there was clearly and reasonable use of where there's no other way to misusing the word that mr fluid was not resisting arrest in any way shape or form and that he should not have been pinned down for the length of time that he was pinned down and coming from the police chief that
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significant quite significant coming from him and also the video and the images that were pulled up again today that really makes the de the defense team's job harder but as you well know the bar for a conviction is very high all they have to do on the defense side is inject a little bit of uncertainty only takes one juror to say that the prosecution hasn't proved beyond all reasonable doubt that derek show in responsible for george floyd's death do you think they managed shouldn't. inject some doubt with this cross-examination of chief for ondo where they try to not they tried to get him to acknowledge that from the perspective of a body count of the body cameras show ne appear to be on ford's shoulder blade rather than his neck what did you make of that bit i think that they're just trying to pull anything in everything in the will say is trial whereas when i said as a prosecutor you are trying to appeal to everyone that you can on the jury so i think that what the defense is trying to do is to appeal to maybe that person or persons who may feel more in support of the police and they're just looking for
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something that when they go back to deliberate and when that one or 2 persons can basically say look this is what they say but at the end of the day one of the things that i heard i'm not in the courtroom but one of the things that i did hear that i thought was compelling since we can't see the jury is that the jurors started taking a lot of earlier today when the doctor mentioned from the hospital that mr flu weighed. died as a result of strangulation asphyxiation so they said that the jury actually started at that moment in time taking notes and those are the nuances that we're missing from the trial in terms of talking about in terms of what the absolute people that are in there with the actual jurors are basically doing but i think the defense is real task is going to come up with the medical examiners report the autopsy i mean they have to do something at this point but i think that's where they're hedging a lot of their eggs and their basket is their right but there is that they have to
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make their case but really all they have to do is just poke holes in the prosecution's evidence isn't it. yeah i mean that's the defense's job to me they're just trying to not so much paul i wouldn't call it poking holes that they need to relieve pierce a lot of hearts it would have to have to create reasonable doubt and so i think in this instance what the other flip of what they're doing is not just to necessarily get one juror to agree with them but in essence to try to weaken the prosecution's case so that there will not be a murder conviction but there would be a manslaughter conviction so that the other look at the white not just the much a hung jury with one juror deciding that they don't they can't go there but just enough yeah out that maybe he would not be convicted of the higher charge of murder thank you for joining us legal analyst and former prosecutor and the city of
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baltimore debbie hinds we're going to be bringing you other stories making headlines around the world at least 133 people are killed by flooding and landslides in indonesia and east timor with many more still missing also we're focusing on mozambique where the military says it's now secure the town of palma and killed many of the fighters who attacked it. now india has reported its biggest single day rise in coronavirus cases with more than 103000 new infections the biggest contributor to the surge is the state of maharashtra home to mumbai which had more than 55 percent of the country's infections over the past 2 weeks from monday evening the state is closing cinemas shopping centers and places of worship as well as
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a full lockdown over the weekend india has confirmed and you variant of the virus but the authorities of cautioned against linking it to the search. let's not blame the new strain for this it's our daughter who weighed in that group created behavior which is just one tool for this right so i think the whole country needs to understand and start practicing it from today don't go out of the house unless necessary avoid closed. people collecting in closed rooms maintain social distancing and never never step out of your house without a mosque and elizabeth pran i'm has more on the story now from you danny. day on day for the past 2 months they've gone from an average of around 10000 cases in early february to more than 100000 cases on sunday for the 1st time in the past year again. recorded its highest number of 57000 cases on sunday and maharashtra along with
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a handful of states accounted for most of the cases in the country the other states . and. now here in delhi the cases were $4000.00 on sunday that's the highest since last year so prime minister met in the board he held a meeting on sunday to review the situation and he said that the rise was due to what he called the sharp decline in appropriate behavior like wearing masks and social distancing due to pandemic fatigue and also what he called the lack of effective implementation of containment measures he is sending medical teams to maharashtra to assess why the situation has remained the worst in the country they over the past year he's also sending teams to the states of punjab and. to see why the death rate is so disproportionately high in those states now punjab has recorded has seen the highest number of cases of the u.k. variant of the corona virus but health officials in and in india maintain that the
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variants whether they are from the u.k. brazil south africa. and variant that's been found in india that those variants aren't responsible for the rise in cases they say it is because of people letting their guard down after the numbers sell as much as they did earlier this year. meanwhile to iran is heading back into the highest level of restrictions as iran battles a new surge in coronavirus deaths this is the 3rd time the cities and had code red badges limiting business hours and banning travel and personal cars no news the iranian new year holiday is being blamed for the renewed spread of the virus. 172 people died in the past day with 14000 new cases now and in chile the government is halting almost all international travel in an effort to cover whites right surging infections their officials have said that borders will be closed for a month by the nationals and foreigners a prohibited from leaving the country unless it's an emergency but she lay ins and
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palming residents can return she has recorded more than a 1000000 cases despite having one of the world's fastest vaccination rates but a different story over in portugal out all restaurants there in cafes have reopened part of the country's 2nd phase of easing lockdown restrictions museums non-food markets and small non-essential shops as well as gyms are also reopening as the infection rates are low across the country if the covert situation kony continues to improve indoor hospitality cinemas and shopping centers will also reopen in 2 weeks portugal has suffered almost $17000.00 deaths earlier this year it had one of the world's highest infection rates. and the u.k.'s prime minister has confirmed england has met all the requirements to continue easing its lockdown restrictions. the net result of your efforts and of course with the vaccine road is that i can today confirm that for
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a monday the 12th of april we will move to step 2 of our road map reopening shops gyms zoos early campsites personal care services like head dresses and of course big gardens and outdoor hospitality of all kinds and on monday the 12th i would be doing to the pub myself and cautiously but irreversibly raising a point of beer to my lips. the jailed kremlin critic alexina valley is reportedly been moved to a medical facility to be treated for a possible were spared tree illness and to be tested for co that earlier he posted that he had a high temperature in a bad cough and 3 of 15 inmates in his book were in hospital with suspected tuberculosis a russian opposition politician has been on hunger strike since wednesday accusing the authorities of refusing improper medical care for acute back and leg pain he was jailed in february for 2 and a half years of a parole violations for
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a conviction he says was politically motivated now there's been a stately mogens he declared in sudan's western darfur region where the united nations says at least 40 people have died in tribal clashes over the past 3 days dozens more were injured in fighting between members of the arab rizieq at and mesilla tribes it began when unknown armed men shot dead 2 people from the mosque that on saturday un peacekeepers then withdrew from the area it was due from the area in december after a peace deal between the government and 2 armed groups. mozambique's army is saying that it taken back control of the northern town of palma from an armed group that attacked it almost 2 weeks ago and military spokesman said a significant number of fighters were killed during the operation enjoy the reports . soldiers patrol the streets of palmer army commanders say the military is backing control of the town nearly 2 weeks after it was seized by armed groups so see if we
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cleared the last area this morning and is completely safe in the next few hours if we need to bring in any planes with food for the population that's going to be done with no problem it is secure there's not much left of palmer buildings including the town's hospital the state prosecutor's office banks and shops are badly damaged and soldiers have the grim task of covering up dead bodies lying on the street the increasing boldness of the terrorist activities that we've seen in mozambique is very concerning indeed i think the violence they have perpetrated on civilians in mozambique is truly atrocious and it has been condemned the needs to be condemned again and again the governor of kabul the gado admitted the situation is bleak but said he's optimistic things can improve and. we are here because our security and defense forces defend the country and everything that has been said and the government position is that the job has been done we defeated the enemy. around
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75000 people used to live in palmer most escaped the attack around 2000 displaced people made it to the city of pemba but the influx is putting pressure on local services and families peter in greeley took in 7 relatives and is now struggling to make ends meet. it's a big sacrifice i used to buy one sack of rice which was enough for all of us but now i have to buy 23 secs because we have so many people to feed food is expensive much more expensive with all these refugees the u.n. says more than 20000 people stayed in palmer despite the attack it's hoped those who left will be able to return home soon victoria gate and be al-jazeera. at least 133 people have been killed by floods and landslides in indonesia in east timor heavy rains and strong winds are making it difficult for search teams to reach communities there are fears that damage to infrastructure will also ample f
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hamper efforts to tackle the virus jessica washington reports from jakarta. indonesia's east nusa tenggara rescue efforts are underway after flash floods and landslides in this village police and soldiers trying to pull people to safety. in my village the water is higher than my head it has not yet subsided many say their loved ones are still missing at an hour in east flores was the worst hit a tropical low system is causing heavy rain strong winds and choppy seas in the area adding to the challenge of getting rescuers and essential to the island in west timor hundreds are in evacuation centers who wouldn't that be allowed to move from my foot and my houses by the sea the water rose up and entered our house everything is ruined everything flooded so we took refuge here authorities say many houses were damaged because of the going to what was the we will continue
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recreation for the affected people security forces are working together with warl in tears after the identify victims we will work with the help they didn't see to come but few under. president joko widodo has urged people to be on their guard. there money involved but. i ask people to follow the instructions of field offices stay alert for floods and landslides because of the high intensity of extreme rains that indonesia's neighbor east timor was also badly hit and the disaster could have an impact on its efforts to fight cope with 19 use of child flight as arrived in dili at 1 o'clock dili time today with the 1st 24000 government in vaccines. and the challenge now will be how to roll out the vaccination with the damage to infrastructure as authorities in both countries work to get a sense of the scale of the destruction there are fears the environmental disaster
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will deepen an ongoing health crisis just to washington to 0 jakarta. jordan's former crown prince says he remains committed to the country's constitution and his lawyer says the public royal family feud is expected to be resolved royal court has released a statement saying that prince hamza been hussein had signed a letter agreeing to place himself in quite the hands of the king and vowing he would always support the king and his crown prince prince hamza has been accused of a plot to destabilize the kingdom and was placed under house arrest he signed a letter after meeting the king's uncle and other princes in times i previously put out a message saying he was being punished for speaking out against corruption. lissa direction is a little bit difficult so all the gods of left and the chief of staff to threaten me on behalf of top agencies officials were recorded these words and send them to my family and those i know outside the country just in case something happened i am
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now waiting for their action i am not going to escalate but i will not by myself by their orders to stay at home not to use my tweeter or to be in contacts with people and not to see my family but have been told by the chief of staff is not acceptable under any circumstances so i am still waiting for this matter to be sorted out all the israeli prime minister's legal and political troubles are playing out at the same time the country's president has been holding talks to decide whether to ask benjamin netanyahu to form a government after another inconclusive election a 5th vote could be on the cards if no administration is formed meanwhile just a few kilometers away his corruption trial resumed prosecutors accuse him of bribery breach of trust and fraud while in office charges he denies crowds of supporters and critics gathered outside the court and netanyahu says the prosecutors are only interested in trying to oust him from the vote if you.
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one thing cannot be hidden that's what an improper use of governmental power looks like that's how they are trying to topple a strong prime minister from the right this is what a coup attempt looks like it's not random that the prosecution presented the evidence stage only one month before the 1st elections not by chance that they filed the indictment before the 3rd elections well those stories are following 10 retired turkish admirals have been arrested after one $104.00 former top navy officers declared that commitment to an international shipping treaty and an open letter they warned that an istanbul canal project would jeopardize in montreal accord which governs the use of turkey's waterways government says it will ease shipping traffic on the busy for straight resurrection of type only one set there were tied straight statement was unacceptable given turkey's history of military. more of this ricin. this is definitely an ill intended attempt to juji of retard
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$104.00 of them is not publishing statements about a political debate that includes an implication of a coup are still sound in istanbul has more on this. the turkish president reza paper out of one expressed his concerns about the statement by former admirals in support of montreal russia he made it clear that the statement went beyond the freedom of expression and was a blatant attack on turkey's democracy saying it had implications for a coup he said all previous cruise that took place in turkey came following statement resembling this one and that turkey is ready to take all necessary measures against these attacks or is democracy also said that turkey has benefited from monto commission and it will remain committed to it on turtle streets on till it finds a better one and also reiterated that the kind of istanbul project will continue without interruption and it will enhance turkey so wouldn't he or was forced
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