we're expecting after mayor frey, chief arredondo. let's listen. >> we are a city on the precipice of extraordinary change and progress. we are a city that is collectively united around the change that has been prevented for generations and generations. we are a city that is going to make that change we are a city that is hopefully an example for the rest of the world to follow. i want to thank george floyd's family i can't imagine the grief that they have been going through over these last 11 months and continue to go through right now. a daughter who's lost a father family who's lost a son, uncle that pain relevant are will forever be there and a family forever rendered incomplete regardless of the verdict that just came forward. this is a good day in minneapolis, a good day in minnesota. but let me be exceedingly clear, this is day one. this is day one. we've gone through 400 years of injustice, intentional discrimination, jim crow restrictive covenants that run with the land, and all forms of anti-blackness and structural racism t

we just heard from perhaps the highest profile witness yet, the minneapolis police chief arredondo who fired the officer chauvin soon after george floyd's death. during several hours of testimony the chief told the court that chauvin absolutely violated his department's neck restraint policy during the arrest and said chauvin's use of force was not part of the training. we also heard a very important analysis from the emergency room physician who treated floyd at the hospital. the doctor refuted claims from the defense team that floyd died of a drug overdose instead of agreeing with the prosecution that he was most likely killed by a lack of oxygen. we're going back to the trial now and on the stand is dr. katie blackwell of the minneapolis police department. she's being questioned by the prosecution. let's listen in. >> and minneapolis police departmental policy, correct? >> correct. >> for in service whereas the academy that they are going to go about, going through some of the same amount of concepts in a more extended way. >> yes. >> you also mentioned field training program and in

department last week, we received an immediate pledge of support from minneapolis mayor fry an mpd chief arredondo. we have briefed louisville mayor fisher an lmpd chief shields on our investigation in louisville. they, too, have pledged their support and cooperation. louisville has already taken some steps towards reform through its settlement with the family of breonna taylor as well as through other measures. we commend those measures and our investigation will take them into account. it is clear that the public officials in minneapolis and louisville, including those in law enforcement, recognize the importance and urgency of our efforts. we come to them as partners knowing that we share a common aim. there are approximately 18,000 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in our country. in each one, dedicated officers put themselves in harm's way to protect others. promoting public trust between communities and law enforcement is essential to making both communities and policing safer. our enforcement efforts, as well as our grant making and other support, will contribute to achievi

police chief arredondo said chauvin did not use a reasonable amount of force when restraining mr. floyd and that his actions went against police training. the chief also testified that officer chauvin violated department policy multiple times, including by not de-escalating the situation and by failing to render medical aid to mr. floyd. this is the same chief who fired chauvin last year calling what happened to george floyd murder. let's get right to cnn's omar jimenez. he's in minneapolis covering the trial for us. omar, explain what we just saw and heard from the police chief. >> yeah, jake. so this is really the start of week two of testimony here in this trial, and this was a highly anticipated witness here. the current minneapolis police chief arredondo testifying in the trial of derek chauvin, his former officer, and the most critical part of the testimony is when he was asked if he had a belief or an opinion on when the actions chauvin took on may 25th, 2020 should have stopped and critically he said once there was no longer any resistance and clearly when floyd was no lon

and the thing is, that has been part of police chief arredondo's mission and his vision.e took office. he's only been in office for about three to four years at this point, but this is a police chief that was the one who fired the four officers, all four officers involved in george floyd's death. he fired them within 24 hours. back in 2007, he was the one who sued the minneapolis police department. one of about four or five officers that sued the minneapolis police department, alleging racial discrimination. he's the department's first black police chief. he's someone who, in conversations that i have, for example, with the former chief public defender, mary moriarty, she says and mentions how he is someone who when he came into office, he wanted to change this department from one of a warrior mentality to a guardian mentality. and i think that article you saw there reflected the frustration and the gap between what his vision is and what people in the community believe the police department is doing right now. he's very clear. he respects the sanctity of life. he wants t

your honor, the state calls chief aderia arredondo. ia arredo >> and this, of course, is the police chief arredondo. this is very unusual to be a prosecution witness. he has been outspoken in interviews with us before, and he did not even want to be in a room with derek chauvin. let's listen to him being sworn in. >> i do, sir. >> before you begin if you can give us your full name speeching each of your names. >> yes, sir. medaria arradondo. first is m-e-d-a-r-i-a-. last name is a-r-r-a-d-o-n-d-o. >> thank you, your honor. sir, what is your current role? >> my current role is chief of the minneapolis police department. >> how long have you held that position? >> for approximately three years. >> and as chief of the minneapolis police department are you responsible for overseeing the operations of the entire minneapolis police department? >> yes, i am. >> and that's the highest ranking role of the minneapolis police department, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> now, sir, i'd like you to first share a little bit about yourself with

>> reporter: this included testimony from chauvin's former boss, minneapolis police chief madera arredondowho bluntly rejected his former officer's actions that day. >> it's not part of our training and it certainly is not part of our ethics or our values. >> having the police chief come in and testify against derek chauvin was not just very unique, but it was incredibly powerful. and, you know, you're a juror. and you're saying, well, was the force reasonable? well, the chief of the department said it's not. it's tough to overcome, for the defense, in particular because its witnesses were nowhere near as powerful as the expert witnesses on behalf of the prosecution. >> we hear about this mythological blue wall, right? but it is real. and it has deep tentacles. and it can -- it's crushing for many especially young officers. and so having officers come through, testify against him, hopefully will set a precedent for other officers who see wrongdoing. >> reporter: they also urged jurors to believe what they saw on that video. and to trust their expert witnesses, bringing on multiple policing

chauvin's ex-boss, police chief maderia arredondo testified what he did to floyd violated the policies and values of the department. >> it is contrary to our training to indefinitely place your knee on a prone, handcuffed individual for an indefinite period of time. i vehemently disagree that that was the appropriate use of force for that situation. >> reporter: the chief delivering this blunt assessment of chauvin's conduct. >> was this a trained minneapolis police department defensive technique? >> it is not. i absolutely agree that violates our policy. >> reporter: that sentiment echoed by inspector katie blackwell, the former commander in chief of staff training for the department. >> is this a trained technique that is by the minneapolis police department when you were overseeing the training of it? >> it is not. >> and how does this differ? >> i don't know what kind of improvised position that is, so it's not what we train. >> reporter: under cross-examination chauvin's attorney showed the police chief pictures and questioned whether his knee was actually on floyd's neck the enti

. >> the week began with minneapolis police chief arredondo on the stand. the same chief who fired derek chauvin said the knee on the neck was not reasonable force and should have been hitted when floyd stopped resisting. >> trained minneapolis police department defensive tactics technique. it is not. >> the idea that police officers have each other's back, and to have an officer in uniform say this was unacceptable, it violated policy, broke the law, incredibly powerful testimony. >> with expert after expert, prosecutors established that george floyd died of oxygen deprivation or hypoxia. the drugs found in the autopsy of george floyd could have contributed to his death. >> drug use, certain drugs can, cause hypoxia, right? >> specifically fentanyl? >> that's correct. >> how about methamphetamine? >> it can. >> a combination of the two? >> yes. >> the man who did the autopsy, medical examiner dr. andrew baker, on friday told the jury that floyd had narrow arteries and an enlarged heart that would have demanded oxygen when adrenaline surged through his syst

someone about what they thought about the police chief, you know, what they thought about madera arredondoetting up on the stand as the chief and saying that is not our policy. that is not our athethics. they said, it wasn't surprising to us because we know that guy. we know that chief. he's our chief as they put it. he is the community chief. so to them, they sort of expected him to come forward and say what he thought and tell the truth from his perspective. but it was the other officers and some of the witnesses that really had an impact on the people there. don. >> sara, thanks for bringing us to the neighborhood and helping us to understand the community there. we really appreciate it. sara sidner. >>> day seven of testimony in the chauvin trial there in minneapolis, and we've got the biggest moments for you. that's next. >>> plus 95% white and 85% male. we're digging into who stormed the capitol. that's ahead. air wick to creater new spring collection. so we're partnering with world wildlife fund to reseed native wildflowers and grasslands. learn more at airwick.us it's a simple fact

>>> good afternoon, chief arredondo. >> good afternoon. >> a few follow-up questions for you regarding this incident. your determinations today are in reference to employment policies and via -- mr. chauvin's actions violating departmental policies, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> as the chief police, i assume you're not out on the street day to day arresting people? >> that is correct. >> can you just give me a general sense, when is the last time you actually -- i don't mean to be dismissive, but actually arrested a suspect? >> it's been many years, sir. >> your role as a minneapolis police chief is sort of grandeur in its scope, correct? >> it's large in context and the operations of the department, yes. >> and part of that job is to be sort of aware of issues and policing, kind of policy changes, use of force changes, all of these things under -- fall under the uhm prel la as your role as the chief, correct? >> yes. >> and you're sort of the general, in a sense, right? formulating the plan for your police department? >> and delegating some of those who are experts, yes. >>

. >> first of all, i think that that testimony from chief arredondo, that stands out as the most compellingmost convincing testimony we've seen on this issue of both use of force and the cause of death. cedric's exactly right. the defense is going to argue that the cause of death was this overdose. essentially anything and everything but the knee to the neck. intuitively as a common sense manner, that's hard for me to accept, to understand. we'll see if the jury accepts and understands it. >> why? tell me why. >> because you would have to believe that george floyd just happened to expire, to die during or shortly after those 9:29,y et it had nothing to do with the fact that a grown man was putting pressure on his neck for 9 and a half minutes. it will come down to a battle of the medical experts. remember, the two medical experts that looked at this for the prosecution both concluded that derek chauvin's actions were at least a contributing cause. one significant cause in the death. that's all the prosecution needs to show. >> we're waiting for the trial to resume. quick commercial break. b

. >> reporter: arredondo condemned his former subordinate's actions. >> to continue to apply that levele or form is anything that is by policy. it is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values. >> reporter: although outside the courtroom, many have wondered whether stronger action should have been taken against derek chauvin sooner. chauvin had been on the force for 19 years. before george floyd's death, he had 18 complaints filed against him, only two were closed with discipline. the others without. and another question. if chauvin's actions were so contrary to the department's values, why didn't the three other officers at the scene stop him? even when citizens on the sidewalk were calling for him to get off of floyd? >> you should check on him, he's not responsive right now! >> back off! >> reporter: yale professor philip goff is a leading expert on racial bias in law enforcement. and he says two years before george floyd died he warned the chief about the culture of the minneapolis police department. >> there was a culture that the senior offi

now, we should tell there you has been an anointment by chief arredondo here in minneapolis that the into phase three of operation safety net which basically means the city is going to lock down, and that's because of the other shooting that you heard from our reporter adrianne brodus of daunte wright. that was going to happen tonight. they will put it the into phase three with the most visible law enforcement in the streets as the jury was supposed to be deliberating in the particular derek chauvin case, but now they have fast forwarded and start that had now because of what happened in an adjoining city. i should also mention we heard from another use of force expert who testified yet again for the prosecution that indeed it was not necessary to use the kind of force that was used on george floyd by derek chauvin and the other officers. >> sar, sidner in minneapolis for us. thank you so much. >>> cnn legal analyst jennifer rogers joins us now. today we heard from george floyd's younger brother. his testimony came before the use of force expert seth stouton. some people, legal obser

one is minneapolis police chief arredondo.low officers. we may also hear from the county's chief medical examiner, doctor andrew baker. he performed george floyd's autopsy and determined the cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest. prosecutors said they would prove that george floyd died from lack of oxygen. >>> thank you for joining us for this special report and thanks for making time tonight. send us your best idea for a viable gun safety bill at msnbc.com and come back tomorrow night at 9 pm eastern. until we meet again, i'm joshua johnson. for those of you who observed, happy easter and goodbye. (mom vo) we fit a lot of life into our subaru forester. (dad) it's good to be back. (mom) it sure is. (mom vo) over the years, we trusted it to carry and protect the things that were most important to us. (mom) good boy. (mom vo) we always knew we had a lot of life ahead of us. (mom) remember this? (mom vo) that's why we chose a car that we knew would be there for us through it all. (male vo) welcome to the subaru forester. the

chief meddaro arredondo said that his actions violated his training and department policy.ning us is cevedo who was sworn in yesterday as the chief of miami police department after pleeg houston's police chief for five years. congratulations. good luck. thanks for being with us, chief. >> thank you. good to be here. >> we don't see this often. we really don't. we don't see chiefs of police often on the stand publicly testifying against officers who work for them. bakari sellers said derek chauvin was just tossed over the blue wall. so what's the significance of it? why do you think it happened like this? >> well, because facts matter. the law matters. evidence matters. and all lives matter, including black lives matter. so chief medaria is one of the leaders, a phenomenal human being. he testified based on the law. that's what we get paid to do. i'm proud to stand with him and join him in condemning the actions that led to the death of george floyd. >> generally speaking, when officers get charged, one of the things you hear in the defense is he or she was just doing the jo

expected to testify this week is minneapolis police chief meddaria arredondo who will take the standit adds to the noteworthy moments where we've seen the blue wall of silence, that unspoken bond of solidarity between police officers begin to crumble. >> when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. >> and that was after he was handcuffed and on the ground and no longer resistant? >> correct. >> what is your, you

the department was sued several years ago before arredondo was ever chief because of some of the practices against black officers in the department and won a settlement with several other officers so he's well familiar with some of the ways that things work inside of the department and says he's been trying to change behaviors in the department as well. so you hear the police department is cooperating and the city council in minneapolis says that this is a good thing that they want this probe and they want to see what happens with the result of the probe. they have been asking for the doj to step in and ask what's happening for this department and others. listen to the department of justice coalition founder. >> this case is significant in the sense that it brought the reality of what black and brown people face into the living rooms of america. this is the same thing that happened when the march happened over the edmund pettus bridge, when the reality of what black people were facing was brought into the living rooms of america and that spawned a litany of legislation, and the same thing

i guarantee you when he was making that speech, i kept thinking back to chief arredondo, who took the stand, testified unequivocally and what derek chauvin did was unacceptable, violated policy and procedure. and the contrast i think is something that will stick in the jury's mind, between what a police officer should be and what derek chauvin did to george floyd. >> commissioner, do you think given the back drop this is happening in -- we have seen since george floyd's death, obviously, a slew of other police-related killings and shootings and excessive force. so, do you think the jurors will be able to separate in their mind, this is just derek chauvin versus, you know, what's happening down the road in brooklyn center? >> i pray that they can separate it. i believe the prosecution's statement was arg c rat. this is about his actions this day and he has to be held accountable. i think he said something about, believe your eyes, what you saw, you saw. and we all saw it. and chauvin's actions ripple across the united states. every good officer now has to deal with what he did that day

amy: police chief arredondo is among several high-ranking law enforcement officials who've condemned derek chauvin's actions during the trial. yet chauvin racked up 18 complaints over his 19-year career as a police officer, raising questions about why he remained on active duty at the time of george floyd's killing. the united states reported over 79,000 new coronavirus infections monday as cases continue to rise nationwide, led by soaring rates of infection in michigan. in montana, republican governor greg gianforte, who ended a statewide mask mandate in february and pushed local governments to drop covid-19 restrictions, has tested positive for coronavirus. governor gianforte received his first dose of pfizer vaccine four days before his positive test result, which came a day after he attended easter sunday services at grace bible church in bozeman. in waco, texas, thousands of college students who'd gathered in baylor university's football stadium to watch the ncaa basketball finals rushed the field monday night after their team won the national championship. the students packed t

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minneapolis police officer derrick show vin continued into its second week on monday, police chief materia arredondo testifying on children's conduct on the day of george floyd's death last spring to continue to apply that level of force to aim. person prone doubt handcuffed behind their back. um that that 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 values. redondo fired. show them the day after floyd's death, and last summer, he called it a murder earlier on monday, the emergency room doctor who pronounced floyd dead, said he believed floyd died from a lack. of oxygen, not a drug overdose or heart attack. i determined that the likelihood of any meaningful outcome was far below 1% and that we would not be able to resuscitate mr void. and so i then pronounced him dead and doctors there another name for death by oxygen deficiency. asphyxia is commonly understood. turn the trial of derek sheldon is expected to take three more weeks in minneapolis. mike tobin fox news. yes. no and we're live streaming the trial every d

on monday, police chief mad area, arredondo said it appeared show of unmoved his need of floyd shoulder blade before paramedics arrived. the defense is building the argument that the former officer did exactly what he was trained to do over his 19 year. career in minneapolis. mike tobin fox news, a deadly shooting involving a police officer in danville, it was captured on cell phone video from someone sitting inside a car. now the family of the victim has filed suit, saying the shooting was unprovoked and unjustified. also as the city shut down last year and opened up streets for pedestrians to get outside. now city leaders are looking to expand their safe streets program into. historically underserved neighborhoods at high school students take on some important topics meet the two bay area students who were just honored come experience the grand opening of floor and decor's newest location in pleasant hill! our expansive store is fully equipped with safe distancing guides, so you can browse our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. or easily order online, and pick up

on monday, police chief mad area arredondo. said it appeared show venmo moved his need of floyd shoulder blade before paramedics arrived. the defense is building the argument that the former officer did exactly what he was trained to do over his 19 year career in minneapolis. mike tobin fox news. and you can watch the derrick show and murder trial every day. that court is in session. we're streaming it live on ktvu .com and the ktvu mobile news app. coming up on ktvu channel two news at 6 30 major delays at oakland international airport today after one of the terminals was evacuated for hours how authorities ended up using the air conditioning there to help them take the suspect into custody and later in sports and update on one of baseball's biggest stars and the scary injury he suffered last night against the giants. and they became popular during the pandemic. coming up the city that wants to expand their slow i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my case was worth. i called the barnes firm. when a truck hit m

on monday, police chief materia arredondo testifying on children's conduct on the day of george floyd's death last spring to continue to apply that level of force to aim. person prone doubt, handcuffed behind their back that that in no way she perform is anything that is by policy is not part of our training and it is certainly not part of our ethics or values. redondo fired. show them the day after floyd's death, and last summer, he called it a murder. earlier on monday, the emergency room doctor who pronounced floyd dead, said he believed floyd died from a lack of oxygen, not a drug overdose or heart attack. i determined that the likelihood of any meaningful outcome was far below 1% and that we would not be able to resuscitate mr floyd. and so i then pronounced him dead and doctors there another name for death by oxygen deficiency. as fix cia is commonly understood. turn the trial of derek sheldon is expected to take three more weeks in minneapolis. might tobin fox news, the surge of migrants that the us mexico border appears to be bringing down the president's approval ratings, accor

on monday, police chief mad area, arredondo said it appeared show venmo moved his need of floyd shoulder blade before paramedics arrived. the defense is building the argument that the former officer did exactly what he was trained to do over his 19 year career in minneapolis, mike tobin fox news and a reminder that you can watch the derrick show venmo murder trial every day. that court is in session. we're streaming it live on ktvu .com and the ktvu mobile news out in maryland, and investigation is underway after authorities say a navy medic shot two people at a business park and then went to the nearby army base where he worked. and was shot and killed the name of the 38 year old suspect still has not been released, but police confirm he was an active member of the navy. they say he went to the riverside tech park in frederick, maryland, this morning and shot two men with a rifle. police say he then drove to nearby fort dietrich, where he worked and rammed his car through a gate at an entrance to the base. he did proceed without authorization, and that's when our police department pursu

i'm so proud of chief arredondo and the minneapolis police officers who by their testimony said enough is enough, and another way to prevent it is by acknowledging and lifting up everyone's humanity, helping communities heal and officers be well. another way to prevent it is with accountability, passing laws and instituting policies and training is important, but they must be more than word on paper, and there must be accountability for vie hating them you. with this verdict we have brought some accountability. finally this, verdict demands us to never give up the hope that we can make enduring change. generations of people said slavery would never end. generations said jim crow would never end. generations said women would never be equal to men. generations said if you are different in any way can you never be a full and equal member of our society. today we have to end this travesty of those beliefs are things we have to focus our attention on. as i now do close, i just want to say to you the work of our generation is to put unaccountable law enforcement behind us. it's time to trans

we heard from chief arredondo, heard from the senior lieutenant on the police force, heard from the training officer and the defense side all we heard was this one expert who said it's perfectly fine if someone is prone to use whatever you want to restrain them. >> and chief ramsey just from a law enforcement standpoint, you aglow with that. >> i do agree with that. i agree it was wrong. i agree it's outside of policy. i've talked to a lot of police chiefs there. he's not a single one as well as police officers that believe what he did was okay, and i don't know mr. broad at all, but you can always find somebody that's going to, you know, present that sort of opinion, but believe me. this is so far out it's -- >> just one thing i think is important to remember is the reason that we're here and the reason that all this stuff matters is because you did have a mass movement, and don't forgot. the local prosecutors were bumbling the ball, and you had people putting pressure and that pressure resulted in keith ellison, the state attorney general, being able to take the case and then they put inth

. >> thank you your honor, your honor this is steve calls chief arredondo.ar or affirm that testimony will be the truth and nothing but the truth. >> i do, sir. >> and before you begin if you can [sound of gunfire] us your full name spelling each of your name. >> yes, your honor. >> first name spelled m-e-d-i-r-a last name is a-r-r-e-d-n-d-o. >> thank you, your honor. >> sir what is your current role? >> my current role is chief of the minneapolis police department. >> how long have you held that position? >>ol for approximately three years. >> as chief of the minneapolis police department are you responsible for overseeing the operations of the entire minneapolis police department? >> yes, i am. >> that's highest ranking role at the minneapolis police department is that correct? >> that is correct. >> now, sir, i would like you to first share c a little bit about yourself, with us, how old are you? >> 54 years old. >> what city do you live? >> twin cities. >> where are you from originally? >> minneapolis. >> where did you go to high school? >> minneapolis r

. >>> we want to turn to minneapolis where the police chief medaria arredondo took the stand yesterdayge floyd saying derek chauvin's knee on floyd's neck violated policy and defied the officer's own training. >> so is it your belief then that this particular form of restraint, if that is what we'll call it, in fact, violates departmental policy? >> i absolutely agree that violates our policy. once mr. floyd had stopped resisting and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped. once there was no longer any resistance, and clearly where mr. floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless to continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back, that in no way, shape or form is anything about that is by policy, it is not part of our training and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values. >> on cross-examination, chief arredondo who fired all of the police officers involved in floyd's death, agreed those under his command can at times use force to de-escalate a situation and neck restraints wer

expected to testify this week is minneapolis police chief meddaria arredondo who will take the stand against his former officer. it adds to the noteworthy moments where we've seen the blue wall of silence, that unspoken bond of solidarity between police officers begin to crumble. >> when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. >> and that was after he was handcuffed and on the ground and no longer resistant? >> correct. >> what is your, you know, your view of that use of force during that time period? >> totally unnecessary. >> while the nation, the world knows george floyd because of the way he died, his girlfriend courteney ross took the stand to tell us how he lived. his love of food. his grief over the loss of his mother, his struggles with pain and addiction and his faith. which was apparent from the very moment they met. >> floyd came up to me. he said, can i pray with you? i thought, i was so tired. we'd been through so much, my sons and i. and this kind person just to come up to me and say, can i pray with you

chief arredondo, the chief of police of the minneapolis police department, he took the stand and he testifiednd he told you what that badge that he wears over his heart means. it's a public service. it's a public trust. they're there to help us. it's a professional organization. there are standards, there are rules, there's a code of conduct, there's a use of force policy, there's extensive training. the police are first responders. they're who we call for help. and they help us. they have cpr training. there's more training than simply use of force. there's more to policing than putting handcuffs on people and hauling them away, to be true, right? there's other kind of training. there's procedural justice. there's crisis intervention training. there's medical training. and there's defensive tactics and there's de-escalation. all of this training, hundreds, hundreds of hours of training. you met the people who staff the training center and they told you, we don't train this. they told you that. the sanctity of life and the protection of public, those are the cornerstones of minneapolis police

this morning, high drama at the minneapolis courthouse, where where police chief medaria arredondo is preparing to testify against the officer he fired for kneeling on george floyd's neck. he was blunt when we spoke with him last summer. if you could look and be in the same room as derek chauvin, what would you say to him? >> i would not be in the same room with him. i refuse to mention his name. >> reporter: on friday, lieutenant richard zimmerman, the longest serving officer in the police department, and now head of the homicide unit, delivered a scathing rebuke of chauvin's use of force. >> totally unnecessary. >> what do you mean? >> well, first of all, pulling him down to the ground, face down, putting your knee on the neck for that amount of time, it's just uncalled for. i saw no reason why the officers felt they were in danger. >> reporter: chauvin's defense team argued an angry crowd of bystanders distracted the officers, and floyd died because of his drug use and underlying health conditions. >> minneapolis police department policy allows a police officer to use whatever mean

chief me dara arredondo testified that chauvin absolutely violated policy when he pinned george floyd's neck under his knee for more than nine minutes, even after floyd stopped moving >> 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 proned out, handcuffed behind their back, that in no way, shape or form is anything that is by policy, it is not part of our training and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values. >> the police chief said he did not observe george floyd actively resisting in the cell phone video of his arrest and that he couldn't even tell if floyd was still alive at a certain point. nbc's gabe gutierrez is live outside the court house on our top story tonight. gabe >> reporter: hey there, shep it is extremely rare for a police chief to testify against their own officer, but as you just heard chief arradondo did not mince words. he said chauvin violated policy. he said once george floyd was handcuffed and stopped resisting, chauvin should have b