police department but also the city of minneapolis employee and you serve employment in the city. >> what were your duties as a sworn police officer for the city of minneapolis? >> primary duty was to be a 911 responder, to work in a geographical area in minneapolis district at a precinct and respond to 911 calls on a given shift. >> audit calls also for service? >> correct. >> as a patrol officer, how long did you remain a patrol officer? >> approximately five years or so. >> can you tell the jury what geographic district you served as patrol officer? >> i served for a short time in third precinct and then i think the bulk of that time, minneapolis fourth precinct in minneapolis. >> during that time, that five years as patrol officer, did you ever have occasions to arrest a suspect? >> i did. >> a noncompliant suspect? >> is. >> he placed handcuffs on someone not compliant? >> that is correct. >> would you care to guess how many times? >> i'm sure several. >> this is something fairly regularly, a fairly regular occurrence as a

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 your time. your family has been through so much over the last 11 months. let me start with how you are doing this m

police department also as the city of minneapolis employee and you serve her appointment with the city then. what were your duties as a sworn police officer that ran for the city of minneapolis primary duties was to be a 911 responder. to work in a geographical area of the city of minneapolis in a district at a precinct and respond to 911 calls on a given shift and those also called calls for service as far. as a patrol officer at that time did you remain a patrol officer. proximate lee 5 years or so in can you tell the jury what geographic district you served as a patrol officer yes i served. for a short time in the 3rd precinct and then i think the bulk of that time in the minneapolis for the precinct just look at north minneapolis the during that time period of 5 years as a patrol officer did you ever have occasion to arrest a suspect is a did of noncompliance suspect gives you had to place handcuffs on someone who was not compliant. proximately would you care to guess how many times. i'm sure several. this is something that's fairly regularly a fairly regu

as a sworn police officer at that rank for the city of minneapolis? >> primary duties was to be a 911 responder, to work in a geographical area of the city of minneapolis in a district at a precinct. and respond to 911 calls on a given shift. >> are those also called calls for service? >> that is correct. >> and as a patrol officer at that time -- well, how long did you remain a patrol officer? >> approximately five years or so. >> and can you tell the jury what geographic district you served as a patrol officer? >> yes, i served for a short time in the third precinct and then i think the bulk of that time in the minneapolis fourth precinct, which is located north of minneapolis. >> during that time period, that five years as a patrol officer did you ever have occasion to arrest a suspect? >> yes, i did. >> how about a non-compliant suspect? >> yes. >> you had to place handcuffs on someone who is not compliant? >> that is correct, yes. >> approximately -- would you care to guess how many times? >> i'm sure several, i'm sure several. >> this is somethin

police department and also as a city of minneapolis employee and you start your employment with the city then. >> and what were your duties as a sworn police officer that ran for the city of minneapolis. >> primary duties would be to be a 911 responder and to work in the geographical area in the district, in the precinct and respond to 911 calls on a given shift. >> those are also calls for service? >> that is correct. >> and as a patrol officer tattoo on how long did you remain a patrol officer? >> approximately five years or so. >> can you tell the jury what geographic district you served as a police officer? >> yes, sir. i served for a short time in the third precinct and then i think the bulk of that time in the minneapolis fourth precinct which is located in north minneapolis. >> during that time period, that five years as a patrol officer did you ever have occasion to arrest a suspect? >> yes, i did. >> how about a non-compliant suspect? >> yes. >> you've had to place handcuffs on someone who is not compliant? >> that is correct.

brought back several of the jurors who had been selected to talk about the possible effect that minneapolis city settlement had, that's how we would do jury questions. in other words, they would be able to see us, we would be able to see them. when i say we i mean the parties, yourself, but the jury because they are anonymous would not be broadcast to the outside world. that would be our plan for how to answer questions. any questions that come to me from the jury the first tip is to talk to all the lawyers, get their input on what, how i should answer it. very often it is rereading certain instruction but in any case i will talk to all the lawyers and after talking with them, wunderlich what my interest going to be. that will be on the record but it will be by zoom. are you fine with that arrangement since you don't have to be here? we would want you to be part of soon so you have to be subject to getting in front of the computer basically. are you fine with that? all right. anything else as far as before we go into the charge conference? >> not from the state, your honor. >> no, your honor. >>

police department, but also as a city of minneapolis employee and you start with the city. >> and what were your duties as a sworn police officer that range for the city of minneapolis? >> the primary duties was to be a 911 responder to work in the city of minneapolis and the in thedistrict andnd at a precid respond to calls on a given shift. >> those are also calls for service? >> that is correct. >> and as a patrol officer at the time, how long did you remain a patrol officer? >> approximately five years or so. >> can you tell what geographic location you served? >> for a short time in the third precinct and then i think able give the time in the minneapolis fourth precinct that is located in north minneapolis. >> during that time period, five years as a patrol officer, did you ever have an occasion to arrest a suspect? >> yes, i did. >> have about a noncompliant us suspect? have you put handcuffs on a person that is noncompliant? would you care to guess how many times? i'm sure several. >> this is something that fairly regularly is a

>> minneapolis city attorney's office. >> you're being paid for your services, correct? >> yes. >> can you tell the jury your hourly rate and the number of hours you've spent on this case? >> i've spent roughly 60 hours. i make $350 an hour for courtroom appearances and $275 an hour for case reviews. >> and how much have you -- what's the total about you've earned so far? >> on this case $11,400. >> now, simply because you are being paid, does that mean you are going to always going to sign with that party? >> no. >> in your career have you ever been retained by someone and found their use of force to be improper? >> several times. >> how is it that you became involved in this particular case? >> when this incident first occurred, i reached out to the city attorney's office here in minneapolis, told them that i had some -- >> objection, hearsay. >> overruled. >> i had some exposure to the george floyd incident, and i was offering my services to the minneapolis city attorney's office. >> and you were ultimately not retained by the city attorney's office or the state, corr

sworn police officer that rank for the city of minneapolis? >> primary duty was to be a 911 responder, to work in a geographical area of the city of minneapolis in the district, at a precinct, and respond to 911 calls on a given shift. >> others also called calls for service? >> that is correct. >> as a patrol officer at that time, well, how long did you make the patrol officer. >> approximately five years or so. >> and can you tell the jury what geographic district you serve as if to officer? >> yes. i served for a short time in third precinct, and then i think the bulk of that time in the minneapolis fourth precinct which is located north minneapolis. >> during that time period, the five years as a patrol officer, did you ever have occasion to arrest a suspect? >> yes, i did. >> how about a noncompliant suspect? >> yes. >> you've had to place handcuffs and some of who is not compliant? >> that is correct yes. >> would you care to guess how many times? >> i'm sure several. i'm sure several. >> this is something that is fairly regularly, a seri

sworn police officer that rank for the city of minneapolis? >> primary duty was to be a 911 responder, to work in a geographical area of the city of minneapolis in the district, at a precinct, and respond to 911 calls on a given shift. >> others also called calls for service? >> that is correct. >> as a patrol officer at that time, well, how long did you make the patrol officer. >> approximately five years or so. >> and can you tell the jury what geographic district you serve as if to officer? >> yes. i served for a short time in third precinct, and then i think the bulk of that time in the minneapolis fourth precinct which is located north minneapolis. >> during that time period, the five years as a patrol officer, did you ever have occasion to arrest a suspect? >> yes, i did. >> how about a noncompliant suspect? >> yes. >> you've had to place handcuffs and some of who is not compliant? >> that is correct yes. >> would you care to guess how many times? >> i'm sure several. i'm sure several. >> this is something that is fairly regularly, a seri

city clerk has been there, and you take an oath. and you're sworn in as an official member of the minneapolis police department but also as a city of lis employee and you search for employment with the city then.y >> and what were your duties thenci as a sworn police officer that rank to the city of minneapolis? >> primary duties was to be a 9-1-1 responder. to work in a geographical area in miption in a dringt at a precinct, and respond to 9-1-1 calls on a given shifts. >> those also called a calls for service. >> that is correct. >> and as a patrol officer, at that time well how long did you remain a patrol officer? >> approximately five years or so? >> can you tell the jury what geographic district you served as a patrol officer? >> yes. i served -- for short time in the third precinct and then i think the bulk of that time in the minneapolis fourth precinct located north minneapolis. >> well during -- that time period that five years as patrol officer, did you ever have occasion to arrest a suspect? >> yes, yitd. >> how about a noncompliant suspect? >> yes. >> you've had to place hand cuffs on someone who was not compliant? >> y

also joining me now, former minneapolis city councilmember, don samuels. i'm sorry this tragic story unfolded since the last time that we met. what is your reaction to what's going on in your city right now, sir? >> of course, this is in brooklyn center, not minneapolis. but it is in the metro area. we're pretty much neighbors. so this is very troubling. philandro castille was not killed in minneapolis. it was close enough. another suburb. so there's a pattern here that is very disturbing. >> martha: yeah. go ahead. >> people are very -- there's a lot of sadness and a lot of fear. we have a 17-year-old young man living with us, as you know. just on thursday, there was a young man that was shot in the back just a year younger than he by someone who came up and asked if he was in a set. he said no. he got shot in the back. right across from the gym where our young marcus works out. then on thursday, this thursday -- well, a couple days ago, we had this incident with the police. so there's a sense in the african american community that there's really a siege b

>> so on may 25th of 2020, was the bca responding to calls of critical incidents within the city of minneapolis? >> yes. >> and so had you developed that is the bca a process for responding to those calls? >> yes. we had critical incident protocols. >> and when you arrived at the other agents of city hall, that's where the administrative offices are, correct? >> correct. >> so then at some point the decisions made for mike phill to go to the scene at 38th and chicago? >> yes, sir. >> and you and agent mueller stayed at city hall, correct? >> correct. >> all right. and when you arrived there, did you give what we call a briefing about what was known so far? >> yes, sir. >> and did you learn who the involved officers were? >> we did, yes, sir. >> and who are those officers that you learned at that time were involved? >> officer derek chauvin, officer alexander king, officer lane and officer thao. is. >> did you initiate the critical protocols for this incident? >> yes. >> is part of that taking photographs of each officer? >> yes, sir. >> and were the officers at city hall that evening? >> yes, s

we start in the us city of minneapolis. city of minneapolis. has retired to consider its agery has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of derek chauvin, the white former police officer charged with murdering a black man, george floyd, last year. security has been significantly increased around the court building in minneapolis as officials prepare for protest once the outcome of the trial is known. footage from the distressing incident was again shown in closing arguments and some of it is included in the�*s report. —— nick bryant. it's a measure of the passions aroused by this trial that the courthouse looks more like a prison. and the presence of the national guard serves as a martial reminder of how this midwestern city has become america's most volatile fault line. put your hands up, right now. let me see your other hand. in its closing argument, the prosecution showed police body—cam footage of george floyd's arrest for a minor offence, and his reluctance at getting in the police car because he suffered from cl

. >> i want to bring in andrea jenkins, vice president of the minneapolis city council. andrea, thank you so much. how are you doing? >> good evening, don. how are you? >> i'm doing very well. your district includes a street corner where george floyd was murdered. the community has been through so much in the last year. give me your feelings and what are you hearing from your constituents tonight, andrea? >> well, you know, don, i do want to just say from my heart and my hand to the floyd family and all of the relatives and supporters, i know that this verdict is not and will not ease their pain and take away their anguish and their anger, but it is -- it is a step towards justice. it is a step towards equity. and so i hope they're able to find some solace in these verdicts tonight. you know, the community is really, i think, celebrating tonight, as philonise just talked about. you know, again, just going back to the family, i really want to just thank them for how supportive they have been of this particular community. they pledged support for some of the businesses in

but nowhere more so than in minneapolis itself, the city where george floyd was killed last may. ey watch it unfold. >> i'm a minneapolis civil rights attorney and activist. >> i'm ceo of the minneapolis foundation and former mayor of minneap minneapolis. >> i'm a community member. i am the vice president of the naacp minneapolis chapter. >> i live eight blocks from where george floyd was killed. >> it's a daily gut punch, i think, for me and a lot of others in this community to see the word minneapolis connected to such a hideous crime. >> they showed the video again. that was my first time watching it in a long time. i mean, since it actually happened. and, man, literally tears got in my eyes and then literally anger just at what we seen. >> sometimes i feel traumatized from watching the witnesses in particular, hearing the desperation in their voices on those bystander videos. >> is he breathing right now? check his pulse. >> it's really sad and disheartening to think about what they went through and the burdens that they still carry with them. >> i didn't intend to watch the t

after the protests erected over derek chauvin's murder of george floyd, the majority of the minneapolis cityl made a pledge to dismantle the police. this is city council president lisa vendor. >> our commitment is to end our cities toxic relationship with the minneapolis police department, to end policing as we know it and to re-create systems of public safety that actually keep us safe. amy: around the same time last year after george floyd's murder, organizers with your group like visions collective and others convinced minneapolis mayor jacob frey to step outside his home to speak with them. in this clip, we hear you questioning the mayor. >> [inaudible] >> go home, jacob, go home. amy: that is minneapolis mayor jacob frey telling you, kandace montgomery, "i cannot support the full abolition of the police." that was last june. i want to ask you to things. first of all, the words of the activists, something the floyd family repeated over and over last night in thinking activists, the only reason the first african-american elected to statewide office in minnesota , keith ellison, was in cha

city council to andrea jenkins and ask you this. you know, madam vice president, let's put up element five. this talks about what minnesota or minneapolise in regard to quote/unquote defund the police, which is really reform the police. >> yes. >> diverted $8 million are the $179 million police budget to other city services. this is key, vice president jenkins. what are those other services? >> good morning, jonathan and good morning, mayor carter. happy easter to you both. one of those services is we created and put more resources towards the office of violence prevention which seeks to create community based responses to violence and group violence and trying to really intervene before violence happens. we also are implementing a mental health response to be able to respond to, you know, mental health crises where we see a really majority of people that are being harmed and fatally, you know, killed in the hands of police is because of mental health challenges. and so some of those resources have gone to that area as well. >> and one thing to point out, even though i pointed out that $8 million of the $179 million was diverted to othe

also being fueled by the trial of the same city in the same city of the police officer charged with killing a black citizen george floyd. minneapolisemains a city on edge for a 3rd day people gathered to protest the death of yet another black man at the hands of a police officer. don't you right was shot have to use arrested during a traffic stop. police say body count footage of the officer who shot him shows that she mistook her gun for her taser shooting right by accident. oval office and the local police chief have now stepped down but that's not enough for many here not far from where don't you write was killed another black man george floyd died in the choke hold of a police officer derek shaven is currently standing trial for his murder. outside the courthouse the families of both florida and right stood united in grief . they're very much. doubt very much. you know my son you don't have a dad his dad didn't get to see him for his 2nd birthday or for any of his birthdays and i'm just so messed up about it because i feel like they stole my son's death from her. really apple you are ok sweet devoted to her getting more that wa

. >> the city of minneapolis police department. >> and how long did you work for the city of minneapolis police department when i. >> 48 years. >> can you describe the various roles he had the police department we met. >> yes, i will. i started in 1993, i started on the street working as a nine to one responder, i did six years as a 911 responder and i worked approximately nine months in public housing as an officer, from there i went to the fourth precinct community response, a team member resolve is a narcotics investigator and did that for 23 years. >> were you on duty on may 6, 2019? >> yes, i was. >> did you have an opportunity to review various police reported and body-worn cameras from an incident on that date? >> yes, i have. >> on that day at approximately just before 5:00 o'clock p.m., did you execute a traffic stop of a ford explorer? >> yes, i did. >> did you approach the passenger side? >> yes, i did. >> can you describe very briefly , the initial interaction that you had with the passenger of that vehicle when a. >> yes, i approached the vehicle on the passenger side, the p

black eyes matter movement who's running for the minneapolis city council want to seat robin ones the robin thanks so much for the.

black lives matter movement who's running for the minneapolis city council want toseat robin ones the robin thanks so much for coming on i mean the scenes from minnesota. they look like to me they look like apartheid south africa. just give us a background to what your 1st reaction was when you heard about the killing of dante right while this televised trial about george floyd is progressing. i think this show reaction was this can't be happening and i was actually at my home looking at the live strain of another action that was hosted by a family tonight against police violence they held action to uplift another one of our community members who were murdered by the police and it was organized by its partner and what was that and quite ironic was one of the community leaders in their speech said i know based off of the response that our elected officials have led around police by this in our communities you know minnesota before the by the summer is going to murder another black man or another black person another black person is going to die at the hands of our po

black eyes mother movement who's running for the minneapolis city council want to seat robin ones the robin thanks so much for coming on i mean the scenes from minnesota. they look like to me they look like apartheid south africa. just give us a background to what your 1st reaction was when you heard about the killing of dawn tear right while this televised trial about george floyd is progressing. i think this show reaction was this can't be happening and i was actually at my home looking at the live strain of another action that was hosted by a family tonight against police violence they held action to uplift another one of our community members who were murdered by the police and it was organized by its partner and what was that and quite ironic was one of the community leaders in their speech said i know based off of the response that our elected officials have led around police by this in our communities you know minnesota before the by the summer is going to murder another black man or another black person another black person is going to die at the hands of o

black eyes mother movement who's running for the minneapolis city council want to seat robin ones they robin thanks so much for coming on i mean the scenes from minnesota they look like to me they look like apartheid south africa. just give us a background to what your 1st reaction was when you heard about the killing of dawn to write while this televised trial about george floyd is progressing. i think in a show reaction was this can't be happening and i was actually at my home i am looking at the live stream but never action that was hosted by a family united against police violence they held action to uplift another one of our community members who were murdered by the police i mean it was organized by its partner and what was said quite ironic was.

city of minneapolis curfews imposed after police shoot dead an unarmed black man. he is how to make people feel. and at the minneapolis trial into the killing of george floyd his brother talks of a community minded man. hello i'm still wrong when you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes tons of contaminated water from the fukushima nuclear plant will go into the ocean we've got reaction from japan and its neighbors. and the excitement of being back beside the seaside dining in shopping resumes as england is slowly eases coronavirus restrictions. i. welcome to the program people are defying an 11th curfew in the u.s. city of minneapolis following the police shooting of an unarmed black man it's just after 9 o'clock in the evening 2 hours into the emergency measure declared by the man after protests against the killing of dante right that happened just 20 kilometers from where george floyd died almost a year ago we got the latest war correspondent she has returned see shortly but 1st alan fisher's report on what a

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and it's not just minneapolis now. other cities across the country are preparing as well, stepping up security ahead of the eventual verdict. let's start in minneapolis. sara sidner is live outside the courthouse. it is now watch and wait. what you are hearing about jury deliberations so far? >> the jury has been deliberating -- they deliberated four hours yesterday from 4:00 to can and started deliberations today at 9:00 p.m. new york time, 8:00 p.m. local time here in minneapolis. you were talking about the security. i just want to give you some sense of what that looks like. this will has been here since the beginning of the trial. to the right is the courthouse. and so surrounding this the courthouse but this perimeter has gotten bigger over time. surrounding other businesses, for example, other government buildings, i should say with the concrete barriers and the fencing that is very high and then you've got barbed wire on the top. on the middle, razor wire. so they are prepared for any kind of assault that someone might be pl

>> when the incident first occurred i reached out to the city attorney's office inty minneapolis and told them i had. >> objection. >> overruled. >> i had exposure to the george floyd incident and was offering my services to the minneapolis city attorney's offices. not retrainede - - t retained by the state but then retained byy my office. >> yes. nelson: when you were retained review provided with a scope of your engagement? >> i was. nelson: explain toio the jury your scope of engagement. >> you asked me to analyze the actions of derek chauvin and give opinions regarding his conduct and actions toward mr. floyd. >> can you describe the materials that you reviewed to analyze the case. >> i received thousands of pages of materiall but i learned from my experience i don't need to review materials that don't have anything to do with the officer or the officers policies or usef of force policy. i focusede my review on the videos and snapshots of the body worn cameras miscellaneous statements, use of force policy and training records. nelson: you say there are materials not relevant to y

then you see the armed presence of the national guard so they ask the question what is the city of minneapolis and the state of minnesota prepared for it doesn't seem to me as if they are preparing to deliver justice to the people. and became a you've spoken about this before we've seen promises made promises broken across across the city of minneapolis the leaders they are promising drastic changes to policing from conduct to funding and basically everything in between and we probably already know the answer to this before we go any further but have any of those changes been implemented in a real way. not really know and i think that. the fact that unfortunately on the local government is now when it comes to addressing issues in the city they don't have a background in policing and even though the issues that been going on for years they never took seriously the problems that in minneapolis you surprised until the world was watching and so since that time they've come forward with a bunch of proposals that are not well researched and they haven't been in the community particularly the black

time is provide us with a little bit more information sort of an overview of minneapolis police department how it serves the city of minneapolis in p.d.f. jurisdiction is within the geographic limits of minneapolis is that right yes and what's the what's the approximate geographic area that you're that you have jurisdiction over. well to the north we border of brooklyn park and center to the south of richfield. to our east just. right up against the river st paul and to the west golden valley in so it's pretty large area would you agree that's about 58 square miles give or take yes. in there you where the current population of minneapolis. roughly about 42030000. how many sworn officers work for the minneapolis police department. currently. around 700. it is the chief are you generally familiar with the officers who work for us a lot of people. it's a lot of people. in so it can it can be taxing to try to we've you know we've got a lot of people that work in different areas but. but i have a pretty good understanding of where folks are throughout the organization yes as we go on all the asking you if you recogni

the police killing of george floyd i'm talking of course about the residents of the city of mabel hood's of minneapolis minnesota a community that since floyd's murder has not only been under siege by the burning spotlight of the cable news media but by the failure of their elected officials race and race were agitators and the militaristic reaction of their law enforcement agencies to their calls for justice this week the u.s. congressman woman out of minnesota omar told c.n.n.'s jake tapper that the community was on edge and that we haven't seen justice not delivered in our community for many years and while the rest of america and the world watches the courtroom drama play out on their t.v.'s it'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

because if you've been posed as the us city of minneapolis braces for more violence after police shoot dead an unarmed black man. is how to make people feel. that the minneapolis trial into the killing of george floyd his brother talks of a community minded man. when you watch al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes iran is ours in attack on its main nuclear facility won't go unpunished while israel issues its own warning. and the excitement of being back beside the seaside dining and shopping resumes in england as it eases coronavirus restrictions . well to the program an 11 hour curfew is just going to force in the u.s. city of minneapolis following the police shooting of unarmed black man another on our black bears are declared a state of emergency after protests against the killing of dante right which happened just 20 kilometers from where george floyd died almost a year ago now we can just bring you live pictures from minneapolis where people are defying that curfew order they're gathering outside civic buildings we can also show you aerial s

katie: i think a minneapolis' city council that defunded the police and use taxpayer-funded dollars tohey were starting to feel unsafe and now you see a number of city councils pulling that money to put the money back and because crime has increased in a violent way. by exponential numbers. >> minneapolis is a very good example. the city council said they would abolish the police force and reimagine public safety whatever the hell that means. and then we sell violent crimes like a lot of officers left the force altogether they were demoralized, they took off and then they had to go to the city council that tried to get rid of the police department completely and dismantled they had to use taxpayer money to find outside officers from other precincts in other jurisdictions to come and try to help get a handle on the spiraling out of control crime that was harming precisely the types of neighborhoods that they claimed to help. it was an outcry among the citizens whose lives and livelihood were at risk, their safety with increased risk and it looks like minneapolis is in a full-blown retre

retired i'm not going by anybody prior to your retirement who by whom are you employed the city of minneapolis police department and how long did you work from the city of minneapolis police to 28 years can you describe for the jury generally the various roles that you have for the minneapolis police department is or will. i started in 1993 i started on the street working as a 91 responder. i did 6 years as a 911 responder and then it transferred over to a public apology for a poxy 9 months as. a public housing officer and then from there i went to the 4th precinct and became a community sponsored team member. involved as a street levels narcotics investigator did that for 22 years. now were you on duty on may 6th of 200-1000 yes i was if you had an opportunity to review various police reports and body worn cameras from an incident on that day yes i have. on that date at approximately 4 or 5 just before 5 o'clock pm did you execute a traffic stop of a red ford explorer yes i did and did you approach the passenger side. yes i did can you describe. just very briefly the initial interaction that

cities. minneapolis racked with more protests over the shocking body cam footage from the deadly police shootingdante wright. the latest call for justice coming as prosecution wraps up its case. >>> building support for infrastructure bill. president biden meets with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. >>> a touching tribute from a grabbed son. prince william and harry pay their respects separately to prince philip. "early today" starts right now good tuesday morning i'm phillip mena. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera breaking news near minneapolis where police enforced a curfew on the second night of protests. 40 arrests were made overnight some officers were hit by debris and reports of looting at five businesses these protests are in response to the death of dante wright shot by police his family is expected to speak at a press conference today along with attorney ben crumb and members of george floyd's family >> overnight kamala harris tweeted dante's family needs to know why their child is dead they deserve answers >>> new details have been revealed the officer was identified as

minneapolis, st. paul, twin cities here. pinnacle of the interest of this very problem which started last year to creep into the consciousness of white people and young people. that is when we had the summer of racial reckoning. now of course, all over the united states, every metropolitan area, l.a., washington, d.c., new york, atlanta, on and on, everybody is looking at this here. what will this verdict be? and don't forget, a verdict is one thing. let's say he is found guilty in one or two charges or all of them. it is the judge who has to schedule a sentencing date where he announces how many years he will put mr. chauvin into prison. you are right. this is a very big deal not just for minneapolis. not just for this state. this is big for the unit states. brent: we also had elected official speaking publicly about this trial. even the u.s. president weighed in on it today. here is what he said after a phone call with george floyd's family. take a listen. >> they are a good family and they are calling for peace and tranqu

caused harm. >> on may 20, 2020, was the bca responding to calls on critical incidents withinthe city of minneapoliss. >> i do that is the bca process for responding to those goals? >> we had critical incident chronicles . >> when you arrive at the ages city hall, with the administrative offices of the police department are,correct ? at some point the decisions made to go to the scene at 38 and chicago. >> yes sir. >> you mueller city hall? >>. >> when you arrived there, did you get what we hope everything about what was known so far western mark. >> yes sir. >> did you learn who the involved officers were ? >> yes sir. >> officers you were involved time. >> officer david derek chauvin, officer lane and officer thao. >> and in the course of well, i guess i should ask this way . did you initiate the critical incident protocol for this incident? >> i did. >> is preventing photographs of each officer? >> yes sir. >> where were those officers at city hall. >> i should ask you using you initially got the call about 9:40 5 pm. you will was you seeingall ? >> approximately 40 later. >> can we put this off

we live where -- in a state where this is the legacy not just here in minneapolis, but all across the country. i think in the city of minneapolis, we're having a really hard conversation about how we want to go about keeping our neighbors safe, how we want to go about keeping each other safe into the future. i think the conclusion a lot of folks are coming to is police can't be the whole of that. in the past, they have been. you know, we're looking at the money taken out of the police the last year. we used it to make improvements to the office of violence prevention, which is a health strategy, a strategy out of the health department to reduce gun violence. we've put it into mental health, creating a mental health response that is independent of the police force. those investments, while $8 million is significant to put towards those investments, you know, they pale in comparison to still the budget of the police force. and so i think we're going to have to keep investing in those tools as we move forward into the future. >> good point. alexis, i want to come back to you on this because we should note that the d

here in minneapolis, after a year of protests, a city on high alert. it's the cases that become a symbol for race and justice in america. we're in the neighborhood where george floyd died. >> the emotions are between rage and anger. >> now after three weeks of testimony, impassioned pleas from the prosecution and the defense. >> this wasn't policing. this was murder. >> the state has failed to meet its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> as the nation waits on edge. >>> plus, "minari." in this year of awakening, a look at what it means to be american. >> it's about the sacrifice that everybody makes. >> the indie film in oscar cntention. hailed as a landmark for christine-american representation. a struggling immigrant family reaching for that american dream. "nightline" from minneapolis will be right back. pro plan liv a breakthrough 10 years in the making that reduces allergens in cat hair and dander. outstanding nutrition with the power to change lives. this is purina pro plan liveclear. you try to stay ahead of the mess but scrubbing stil

>> city of minneapolis police department. >> what you do for the city of minneapolis? >> i'm currently on medical leave but i'm currently the tenant with minneapolis police department. >> how long have you been with mpd? >> since 1996. >> i'd like you to tell you a little bit about yourself, can you share about your educational background? >> for your degree of the university of north dakota, criminal justice, i graduated in 95. >> after you graduated from the university, did you get a job in law enforcement right away? >> i got hired from the man on his police department and 96 joined the police academy. >> describe your academy expense. >> i was a cadet, a combination of police academy and college courses to qualify for minnesota test. >> did you take and pass the posttest? >> don't talk over each other. >> yes, sir. >> after you completed your coursework, did you go into a training program? >> yes, sir. >> how long were you in that? >> i believe about four months at that time. >> then you received your first assignment as a police officer, is that right? >> yes. >>

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