schleicher. schleicher: i want to revisit the testimony on cross-examination about the use of the hobble. if ind am to understand your testimony you indicated it is a strap that is used to connect a handcuffed person the waist and arms and legs to restrain them. >> that is correct. schleicher: i thought i heard you say in response to questioning by counsel that if you can do the mrt effectively without using a horrible do the same thing with your hand. >> that's correct. schleicher: did i understand your testimony that that is what these officers were doing to use the maximal restraint technique but not using the hobble. >> that is correct and with departmental policy the hobble is the only author raised way to use that technique. >> that is correct. schleicher: are you aware the actual hobble requires a supervisor to report to the scene and we force report. >> yes. >> that would be avoided if the hobble itself was used? >> no. you are still employing that technique again with the prone individua

schleicher: did you do so? >> yes sir. schleicher: exhibit 95. this is 334 and 54 seconds. >> that is 3:34 a.m. that is me. i am helping take down the crime scene tape. schleicher: at this point the crime scene was cleared and no longer needed to be secured and you could exit the area. >> correct. schleicher: thank you very much. i have no further questions, your honor. [inaudible conversations] >> i have no questions. >> you may step down. >> the next witness the state will call lieutenant zimmerman to the stand. [swearing in witness] lieutenant give your full name and also remove your mask. >> richard zimmerman. >> please tell the jurors what you do for a living. >> i am a police officer with the minneapolis police department. >> how long have you been a police officer? >> june 3rd, 1981. >> all that with minneapolis? >> the first four years 81 through 85 i worked for the sheriffs county department in southeast minnesota. i was a patrol deputy responding to 911 calls. >> then 1985 you start with minneapolis? >> yes i started in minneapolis june

schleicher: exhibit one. after you got off the phone with sergeant pleoger did you go directly to 38 and chicago? >> i told sergeant pleoger i do not mind going there i had to gather things and i would head down there. i believe i got down there at about 9:35 p.m. when i arrived. schleicher: were you wearing your body worn camera quick. >> yes. schleicher: it was activated? >> yes. schleicher: please describe the scene as you recall when you arrived. >>. >> 38 and chicago is a high-profile area. thirty-eighth street and chicago avenue are major thoroughfares through south minneapolis. when i arrived, the only people that were there were officers king and lane. there were not very many other people around. schleicher: you indicated the body worn camera was activated. prior to testifying today you had an opportunity to review various still photographs taken from the footage of your body worn camera. >> yes. schleicher: i will offer exhibits 81 through 95 images taken from sergeant edwards body worn camera. >> r

schleicher: good afternoon. i am understanding your testimony you indicated fundamental proposition the defendant's conduct of restraining mr. floyd in the prone position on the ground handcuffed was not a use of force. >>n that's correct. schleicher: i believe according to your testimony because in your opinion that position is not likely to inflict pain? >> that is correct. schleicher: if it did inflict pain would that change your opinion? >> only if the positioning of the body or if the officers were manipulating mr. floyd's hands to create pain and that is use of force. schleicher: my question is if mr. floyd - - mr. floyd actually experience pain with that change your opinion? it is the use of force of pain is inflicted upon mr. floyd? >> if the pain was inflicted through control then yes through prone control. schleicher: and prone control is placing mr. floydyd on his stomach. correct? facedown. >> yes. schleicher: handcuffed. and as applied here on a hard service - - surface, the pavement. >> yes. schlei

schleicher: we want duty around 8:30 p.m. may 25, 2020? >> yes. schleicher: what we you doing? >> headed back into the office after doing patrols. schleicher: do you use the body camera quick. >> i do feel that is required of all officers including supervisor. >> correct. what do you use? when you are on patrol? >> radio and cell phone. schleicher: do you recall approximately 8:30 p.m. receiving a telephone call from a dispatcher? >> i do. schleicher: what was the dispatchers name? >> i believe it was miscarry. schleicher: what did she say to you in the telephone call? >> she called to say she didn't mean to be a snitch but she had seen something feeling a camera that she that was concerning into let me know about it. >> published ten. i apologize exhibit 12. >> i just want to let you now and then you can call me a stage if you want to but we have the cameras up on the 320 call. 320 over cup foods. and nevada use use of force or not they get something out and all of them sat on this man. not said anything to me yet. >> i will find out. >> no problem. we don't get to see it but

schleicher: - . schleicher: in the preservice training what is the next phase before a fully functioning police officer? >> once they complete that training, they obviously make sure they meet the requirements for licensure. then they are hired and sworn on as a police officer. >> are you aware of the field training program? is that part of the preservice training quick. >> give us a general description. >> the field training officer program is once the recruit has gone through the series of training, is now teaming them up with a mentor basically. they are being gauged and judged on certain performance measures. takes course over several months and they are given instruction they are seeing how well they can handle certain types of situations or calls. they also have feedback with the supervisors and the training bureau. and they are assessing their progression in the event a candidate is not progressing they make sure they are support mechanisms if they need extra help. and yes, at times, candidate

schleicher: that is not subject control behavior. >> correct. schleicher: publish exhibit 184. received into evidence. what you see here is a group of bystanders. >> yes sir. schleicher: you can see the bystanders have something in their hands. >> yes sir. schleicher: they appear to be smart phones. >> yes sir. schleicher: that extra fact word not justify an increased use of force. >> just the camera? know one - - no sir. schleicher: take down exhibit 184. the acceptable use of the any across the subjects back is a transitory position is that right? >> yes. schleicher: meant to be used to gain control of the subject while being handcuffed. >> correct. schleicher: once the subject is under control and no longer resistant it is inappropriate to hold them in a position where you are draping your knee across their back or neck. >> i would say it is time to de-escalate force. schleicher: get off of them. >> yes sir. schleicher: you talk about the prone position in and of itself canth lead to positional asphyxia. >> yes sir. schleicher: is that risk increased by the addition ofinin b

schleicher. schleicher: what did theea officers did in the vehicle was reasonable actions? >> yes. it could be perceived. whether other things besides forcing him in the back of the car? >> objection. >> sustained. schleicher. schleicher: was it necessary for the officers to use force. >> overruled. >> not necessarily. schleicher: what else could they have done? >> they could verbalize with him. it appeared early on. >> i said overruled. schleicher: please continue. >> it appeared early on that's the officer gained a slight report with mr. floyd early on so please practices it would best to try to continue to verbalize with him. he gained a report with him to get him to comply. and then it wasn't unreasonable to place in the back of the car but then when he was getting them out of the car and placing him on the ground. i would like to publish keung body worn camera exhibit 43. through 2018, 46 seconds. >> please. please. >> you are under arrest for forgery. >> on the ground. schleicher: at that p

schleicher: what he play catch? >> it's funny i always thought my brother could not throw but he never attempted to throw the ball to me i was had to chase and jumper dive. i came up to him one day and said i see why you play tight and you cannot throw. he said i want to throw it to you you will never understand you have to go get the ball. the ball should never come to you you say i will get the football. you have to catch it. schleicher: was your brother a father? >> yes sir. schleicher: exhibit 290 do you recognize what is shown? >> yes sir. schleicher: your brother and his daughter? >> yes sir. >> received. schleicher: what is his daughter's name and how old is she? >> seven. schleicher: describe george floyd's relationship with his mother. >> one-of-a-kind. george was a big mamas boy. i cry a lot. but he loved his mom and was always up under her. it was so unique how they were with each other he would just lay up under her in the fetus position like he was still in the womb. i would see him every day. we called

schleicher: is a practical? >> i believe it is practical. schleicher: how so? some of these situations involving police officers occur very quickly. >> that is true. >> is a possible for a police officer to use this criticalti thinking model in the field when events are unfolding quickly? >> it is possible we use this limodel like almost memory. we talk about fast evolving situations. they do happen but a lot of the time we have the time to slow things down to reevaluate to go through this model. schleicher: you employ the training because you believe it work. >> i do believe it works, yes. schleicher: i have a further questions. >> good morning sir. >> good morning. >> thank you for being with us today. have a few follow-up questions your role with the minneapolis police department is training officers involved in crisis intervention technique. >> that's correct. >> as well as critical decision-making model. >> that's correct. nelson: you assisted that mpd developing policies and procedures with both a crisis intervention technique as well as critical decision

schleicher: [inaudible conversations] schleicher: 58 the body worn camera. fifty-eight is received.fficer body worn camera. fifty-nine is received. >> the body worn camera 2030, 59. >> it is receive. >> after 61 body worn camera 203132. >> 61 is receive. >> 62 body worn camera 2030 to 12. >> it is receive. >> 63 body worn camera 203411. >> 63 is receive. >> the body one camera 23508. >> 54 is receive. >> the body worn camera 203520? >> 65 it is receive. >> number 26203718. >> 66 is received offers 68 from thao body one camera. not military time 832, 59. sixty-eight. >> 60 a is receive. >> 69 thao body worn camera. i'm sorry 833 and six seconds. after 70 thao body worn camera. >> no objection. >> 70 is received. >> no objection 71 is receive. >> offer 72 photograph from decaying body worn camera. >> no objection. >> 72 is receive. >> 72 main body worn camera 203822. >> no objection. >> 74 is received. >> 195 from defendant chauvin body worn camera. >> no objection. >> received. >> 196 chauvin body worn camera. >> no objection. >> received. >> offer 197 body worn camera. >> no objecti

schleicher: . schleicher: thank you your honor. step down. >> the next witnesses are not available until tomorrow. we will recess we have issues to deal with and at 8:45 a.m. we hope too start at 9:15 a.m. hopefully we will be done with our issues by then. don't talk to anyone. don't watch the news. thank you. >> council we have cleanup matters as far as exhibits some provisionally offered some assumed they were offered. mr. frank would you like to clean that up? >> we have a number of questions regarding exhibits i think we can deal with them on the record at this time. your honor, we understand 15 is conditionally offered because they were going to testify later if not being formally offered during the testimony so 15 be formally offered and received. >> it is formally received. >> exhibit 19 - - 922 slide 951 we want to be clear the record reflects though should be considered as demonstrative and should not s go back to the jury is substantive. >> agreed. >> demonstrative at the time although not specifically stated we will put

schleicher: how long have you been employed? >> six years. schleicher: your current role? became a place officer. >> you have a specific duty assignment? >> medical support coordinator for the department. schleicher: before we talk about that role share about yourself with the jury. how long have you been a police officer in law enforcement? >> about six years. schleicher: did you have a clear prior to law enforcement. >> i worked in human resources. schleicher: what is your educational background? book associates degree in human resources, bachelors in business andde emt. i also have my law enforcement certificate and emr instructor. schleicher: you worked in human resources as your original plan. >> correct. schleicher: how long he wanted to be a police officer? >> is something i always wanted to do. i talk myself out d of it but found my way back. schleicher: can you please tell the jury how you enter law enforcement? through the academy? >> yes. i came in as a cadet which mean the department sponsors the educational component to make you eligible for the exam in the st

schleicher: you can take that down. in assessing and individual in the totality of the circumstances that would have been apparent at the scene, we were able to detect any indication that mr. floyd was under some sort of distress? >> based on his comments and his actions, yes. it wasnd a possibility. schleicher: is that something, apparently officer chauvin would have seen that? >> yes what a reasonable officer taken that into account? >> yes. schleicher: you testified the force that was used here during the restraint. , by the defendant was in fact excessive. >> yes. schleicher: you were asked on cross to distinguish the standard of objectively on - - objectively reasonable force. is it your opinion to a degree of professional certainty that the force you identified is applied to the defendant during the restraint. was reasonable are not objectively reasonable. is not checked of lee reasonable. schleicher: it is excessive? >> correct. schleicher: you were asked about techniques of de-escalation and telling someone to r

schleicher showed all of mr. floyd's actions that he was complying with what authorities said. >> lane orders floyd to put his hands on the steering wheel. he does. that's not resistance. that's compliance. lane orders floyd to get out of the car, he does. that's not resistance, that's compliance. you can hear the sound of the handcuffs tighter and tighter. mr. floyd is trying to explain to the police that his wrists hurt, impervious to pain, please. they ask him to sit down. he sits down. not resistance, compliance. not trying to escape. not trying to evade arrest and not try trooiing to assault anybody, stab anybody, punch anybody, no. compliance. he gets up. they ask him to go across the street, he goes across the street. where is the resistance? >> so paul butler, and they also showed pictures which we'll get up in a moment, but that also they were trying to show that he was fearful about being in the car. that's when he was pleading, but that he complied with everything else that they said. so the defense tr

>> schleicher: well, we won't know, right? we're in the middle of history right now.en. but the rest of it is really up to the world, whether it changes, what it changes, to what extent. we're in the middle of this story. >> blackwell: i don't think that there are any inevitabilities in it, because we don't make progress on the wheels of inevitability. in fact, i think progress rolls like a brick. and so each one has to be flipped each time. so when people talk about inflection points and so on-- i'm not really a subscriber to inflection points. there's no reason to believe that things are easier going forward than they were to get here. and i think we have to make a consistent effort every day to protect the vulnerable and then to work to reform ourselves which, if we don't do, there won't be any lasting change anyway. if each person doesn't work to make the change. >> pelley: three other former officers will go on trial, together, in august. 45-year-old derek chauvin will be sentenced by the judge in mid-june. george floyd's family can make a statement at that heari

jerry blackwell and steve schleicher, prosecute derek chauvin. it looked like they knew, that they were doing the most important thing they had ever done. and probably would ever do as lawyers. when you spend a lot of time in courtrooms, you can get the feeling that you have seen it all. but that is never true because every case is different and every lawyer is different. the truth is most lawyers are not very good. and great lawyers are very, very rare. my father was the greatest trial lawyer i have ever seen. and i've only seen a handful of others, who i would describe as great. i'm saying all of this, i'm sharing all of this personal perspective with you tonight, only because i want you to understand, and i hope you will share, the odd that i feel for our first guests tonight. jerry blackwell and steven schleicher are the lead prosecutors in the derek chauvin trial. they were joined by matthew frank and erin eldridge, who did great work in examining witnesses during the trial. i have never seen a prosecution case presented so faultlessly in a

we had an hour and 45 minutes from steve schleicher from the state, special prosecutor, and more than 2 1/2 hours into the defense's closing argument. the judge just cut him off. that seems atypical, that he would interrupt the closing arguments from the defense. >> well, it's probably to the defense's -- a benefit to the defense because, let's face it, these are individuals and they've been sitting in this courtroom now for almost 4 1/2 hours listening to testimony. as riveting as this testimony may be to us, as journalists and as legal analysts, to the everyday person called to jury duty, this is gruelling. it's gruelling to sit there and listen to each of these lawyers go through in painstaking defense all the evidence they've already heard for the last couple of weeks. victor, although it's not common to cut someone off in the middle of thr argument and go to lunch, i think this is a benefit to the defense because i can't imagine we haven't got pool notes from the reporter inside the courthouse, but i can imagine there are some jurors drifting off. jurors get irritated when they'r

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. >> reporter: prosecutor steve schleicher began closing arguments by talking about the life of george floyd. he then described in disturbing. >> the defendant stayed on top of him for nine minutes and 29 seconds, so desperate to breathe he pushed with his face to open his chest to give his lungs room to breathe. >> reporter: the prosecution played police body cam video. >> i can't breathe, officer! >> reporte: floyd said "i can't breathe" 27 times. the >> george floyd begged until he could speak no more, and the defendant continued this assault beyond the point that he had a pulse. >> reporter: schleicher pointed to seven expert witnesses, most of them fellow officers, all testifying that chauvin used unreasonable force. >> believe your eyes. what you saw happened, happened. >> reporter: he dismissed the defense's theory that floyd died of a heart attack, drug overdose or carbon monoxide poisoning. >> i submit to you that the state has failed to meet its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. dense attorney eric nelson argued that jurors needed to examine what happened he said cha

steve schleicher, jerry blackwell, thank you both.ciate you joining us today. >> thank you. so much. >> woodruff: as we reported earlier, the f.d.a. announced it hopes to ban menthol in cigarettes and cigars, citing its particularly harmful impact on black communities in america. william brangham has more on the f.d.a.'s move. >> brangham: for years, mehol cigarettes were marketed heavily to black communities, and today, its estimated that 85% of black smokers choose menthol brands like kool and newport. menthol is an additive that can mask the harshness of tobacco smoke, and its believed to make nicotine even more addictive. justifying their proposed ban today, f.d.a. officials said this could help reduce the leading cause of preventable death in america: >> one study showed that from 1980 to 2018, menthol cigarette smoking was linked to 378,000 premature deaths, three million life years lost, and 10.1 million new smokers. >> brangham: joining me now is delmonte jefferson. he's the executive director at the center for black health an

this is prosecutor steve schleicher. clubs you can believe your eyes. it is exactly what you saw with your eyes, exactly what you knew . it is what you felt in your gut. it is what you now know in your heart. this was not policing. this was murder. amy: judge peter cahill gave final instructions to 12 jurors, who will remain sequestered at a hotel during their deliberations. thousands of students from dozens of minnesota schools walked out of classes monday demanding justice for george floyd and for daunte wright, the 20-year-old black man shot dead by a white police officer during a traffic stop in the minneapolis suburb of brooklyn center april 11. the city's mayor mike elliott black man who was born in , a liberia, told cnn monday -- "it's not safe to drive in minnesota while you're black." >> and if we see police behind us, we are afraid. we are trembling. that is a kind of terror that no citizens of the united states should ever have to face. it is constant. it is ever present. amy: the minnesota governor called up 3000 members of the national guar

schleicher: yorty indicated exhibit 17 shows how the defendant was positioned on george floyd. i will ask you for additional detail in that regard based on your analysis. at this time i would like to display to the witness only, 254 for identification. this is appear to be a composite of five different photos from materials in this case? >> yes, sir. schleicher: at a high level explain what the different photos show starting upper left to the right and then down. >> the upper left photo shows the beginning where the defendant and other officers removedol mr. floyd from the police vehicle and placed them in the prone position upper rige depicts of the emergency medical services responded and put mr. floyd 254 on the very left what does that photo show. >> the middle photo. >> the middle photo shows the defendant with his left knee on mr. floyd's neck. >> the final photo. >> the final photo shows the defendant with his knee on mr. floyd's neck and lower neck area as well on the back of mr. floyd. >> with his composite 254 you explaining your analysis of the specific force used by

schleicher, you may call your next work. >> thank you, your honor. the state calls jodi steiger. >> raise your right hand. do you swear or affirm on the penalty of perjury that the testimony you're about to give is the truth and nothing, but truth? >> i do. >> take a seat. >> and if you won't mind-- [inaudible] i'd ask that you remove your mask, if ul comfortable doing so. >> yes, sir. >> and let's begin by having you state your full name, spelling each of your names. >> yes, sir. jody steiger j-o-d-y, s-t-i-g-e-r. >> thank you. how are you employed. >> with the lost police department. >> what capacity. >> as a sergeant. >> you're here a serving an as retained expert by the state in this matter. >> yes. >> and this is outside of your typical duties with the l.a. police department? >> yes, sir, i'm on vacation. >> all right. well, welcome to minnesota. thank you. sir, before we begin your testimony you'd like you just to introduce yourself and share a little about your background with the jury, how old are you? >> i'm 50 years old. >> and you indicate

. >> prosecutor steve schleicher letting loose during closing arguments in the trial of derek chauvindeath of george floyd ruled by the hennepin county medical examiner as a homicide. what the defendant did. >> was not policing, but the defendant did was an assault. >> the last chance for the defense to battle back. >> i submit to you that the state has failed. to meet its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> defense attorney eric nelson arguing that chauvin's actions were those of a reasonable officer nelson also arguing that multiple factors including floyd's, enlarged heart drug use and other health issues contributed to his death, not the actions of minneapolis police, especially not derek chauvin during a break in the arguments. the floyd family attorney, the reverend jesse jackson and several members of the congressional black caucus. >> attended a prayer service for the floyd family held outside of the government center led by the reverend al sharpton who lamented delivering george floyd's eulogy. not even one year ago. there's not even a year later. >> and this thursd

in my mind since we watched the prosecution make its closing argument and that was a moment when schleicher for the prosecution made the point that even the most skeptical member of the juror would struggle to overcome the fact that for at least four minutes derek chauvin remained on an unresponsive george floyd. do you think this reasonable officer refrain, even if it broke from the rules of rhetoric, did it make a mark in that point that the prosecution laid down earlier in the day? >> well, not only laid it down earlier in the day, tony, but the prosecution comes back in cutocomes back in rebuttal, really, the essence of what happened to george floyd is the nine minutes and 29 seconds, and at some point in that nine minutes and 29 seconds, dr. tobin, the pulmonologist pinpointed the time of death. so what happened a minute after that and a minute after that and perhaps one more minute after that? so there is no reasonable police officer who could have not known that -- because his fellow officers told him that there was no pulse. perhaps we should turn him over on his side. it's the main

. >> reporter: prosecutor steve schleicher arguing floyd posed no threat to derek chauvin. >> george floyd was not a threat, he never was. he wasn't resisting. he just wasn't able to comply. they had him handcuffed. >> reporter: he took on the defense notion that floyd experienced a surge of strength in the struggle. >> there was no super human strength that day. just a human, just a man. lying on the pavement being pressed upon, desperately crying out. a grown man crying out for his mother. a human being. >> reporter: the prosecutor arguing chauvin used excessive force, violating both the spirit and the letter of police department policy. >> george floyd begged until he could speak no more and the defendant continued this assault. >> reporter: again and again he emphasized the police force itself is not on trial -- just one rogue officer. >> the defendant is on trial not for being a police officer, he's not on trial for who he was, he's on trial for what he did. >> reporter: the prosecution's closing argument lasting about 1 hour and 45 minutes. the defense spending nearly three hou

steve schleicher will be up for them first and eric nelson for the defense will go.n hour, hour and a half for each side. and then the rebuttal by jerry blackwell. he did the opening statement for the prosecution here in the derek chauvin case. and the interesting part is they're going to have to really solidify their arguments. you had 38 witnesses on the prosecution side. you had seven witnesses on the defense side. the arguments very clear on both sides. the prosecution going to lay out and say beyond a reasonable doubt that derek chauvin's knee was a contributing factor to george floyd's death. that's all they have to prove. they don't have to say his knee specifically was the reason george floyd died but it was a contributing factor. so, you're going to hear probably in the closing argument a lot about dr. martin tobin, their medical expert who said if derek chauvin's knee hadn't been on his neck, george floyd would still be alive. you will likely hear the prosecution lay out how there were so many police officers, specifically from the minneapolis police depart

schleicher. >> thank you honor. good morning. >> good marks for how are you employed? >> i employed with the minneapolis please depart. >> was how long have you been employed by the city of minneapolis. >> i've been with the department for approximately 24 years. >> what is your current position with minneapolis? >> my current position is i am the crisis intervention training chordata for the department. >> and your current rank? >> i hold the rank of sergeant. >> first i like it intelligible a bit about yourself, how old are you? >> i i am, i will be 50 this ye. >> and you indicated she had been employed by mpd for 24 years? >> approximately 24 years yes. >> could you please share with the jury your educational background? >> i received my bachelor in psychology and criminal justice. i received a message degree in psychology and my doctorate in general psychology. >> when did you complete your doctorate? >> i complete that back in 2014. >> when you start come after you started with mpd did you go to the academy? >> yes, i did. >> described that experience. what you di

schleicher. >> thank you, your honor. sir, to follow up on some questions counsel is asking you regarding the use of force being reasonable in the eyes of the officer, that's what you answered the training is, is that right? >> the officer involved at the moment the force is used, yes. >> but force is always subject to review, correct? >> yes, sir. >> and review is always going to be after the fact, right? >> that's correct. >> and the force that's used and reviewed must be reasonable. >> that's correct. >> taken from that perspective, the perspective of the officer at the time, correct? >> that's correct. >> but the officer doesn't have the unfettered discretion to use whatever force they wish? >> no, they do not, sir. >> now, if we could publish exhibit 110 again, which is the control guide continuum. now when we look over here on the left-hand side and we're talking about what force can be used and what's proportional, we see that the officer is to look at the subject behavior. is that right? >> for force on the subjec

. >> prosecutor steve schleicher letting loose during closing arguments in the trial of derek chauvin in the death of george floyd ruled by the hennepin county medical examiner as a homicide with the defendant. did. >> was not policing, but the defendant did was and assault. >> the last chance for the defense to battle back. >> i submit to you that the state has failed. to meet its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> defense attorney eric nelson arguing that chauvin's actions were those of a reasonable officer nelson also arguing that multiple factors including floyd's, enlarged heart drug use and other health issues contributed to his death, not the actions of minneapolis police, especially not derek chauvin during a break in the arguments. the floyd family attorney, the reverend jesse jackson and several members of the congressional black caucus. >> attended a prayer service for the floyd family held outside of the government center led by the reverend al sharpton who lamented delivering george floyd's eulogy. not even one year ago. there's not even a year later. >> and th

schleicher, i had labeled as exhibit 1041. and you would move to admit exhibit 1041. >> no objection. >> 1041 is received. >> i don't know why it's doing this. there we go. and permission to publish 1041? this is from the minneapolis police department in-service from july of 2018. >> correct. >> if mr. chauvin had attended this program -- or his in-service in july through september of 2018, he would have received this training, correct? >> correct. >> now, in recent years, fentanyl has become more of a concern for officers to be aware of,y correct? >> absolutely. >> and you train officers in the use of narcan to co contraindicate -- or contradict the effects of narcan -- >> opiates, fentanyl. >> in your training as a police officer or a medical trainer, have you experienced individuals who take combinations of drugs? >> yes. >> have you heard the term speed ball? >> i have. >> would you agree that that is generally the combination of both a stimulant, like methamphetamine, and a depressant like fentanyl? >> yes. >> objection.

schleicher. >> all right, cedric, says chauvin's actions were justified following his training. what do you think? >> hey, you know, defense got to put up a case. from what i just heard, i mean, you know, there it is. when i put up what i've heard so far, brooke, in comparison to the prosecuted -- the prosecution's witnesses, there's just absolutely no comparison. there are a lot of places, not being a use of force expert, but of course there are a lot of places and a lot of this dialogue i would raise a great deal of question. there was one piece in there that was really very interesting. and i can't recall exactly what it was, but you know, the whole idea of whatever -- >> if i may jump in. i don't consider a prone restraint a use of force. >> that was it. that was it exactly. >> elie, go ahead. >> yeah, first of all, that testimony was truly ridiculous. the same statement that cedric noted, i noted. i don't consider a prone restraint a use of force. what that means is in this witness's book, once someone is prone, lying flat on their face, you can do whatever you want and it

here he is being questioned by prosecutor steve schleicher. >> when do you believe or do you have a beliefas to when this restraint, restraint on the ground, should have stopped? >> once mr. floyd -- and this is based on my viewing of the videos. once mr. floyd had stopped resisting and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped. there is an initial reasonableness in trying to just get him under control in the first few seconds, but 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 a high and there back -- handcuffed behind their back, that in no way shape or form is anything that is by policy, not part of our training, and certainly not part of our ethics or values. amy: medaria arradondo, who is minneapolis' first black police chief, was also questioned about the decision by chauvin and the other officers not to administer first aid. >> did you see the defended or any of the officers attempt to provide f

both sides revisiting video seen extensively throughout the trial, beginning with prosecutor steve schleichers case is exactly what you thought when you saw it first, when you saw that video. it's what you felt in your gut. it's what you know now in your heart. this isn't policing this is murder. the defendant is guilty of all three counts. all of them. and there's no excuse. >> reporter: chauvin is charged on three counts with second- degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in the second degree. >> he was trapped with the unyielding pavement beneath him, as unyielding as the men who held him down. pushing him, a knee to neck, a knee to the back, twisting his fingers and holding his hands for nine minutes and 29 seconds with the defendant's weight on him. >> reporter: although the floyd case sparked debate in minneapolis about reforming, even abolishing the police, prosecutors said: that's not what this trial is about. >> make no mistake, this is not a prosecution of police, it is a prosecution of the defendant. >> reporter: chauvin took notes by hand throughout the prosecution's

. >> prosecutor steve schleicher letting loose during closing arguments in the trial of derek chauvin in the death of george floyd ruled by the hennepin county medical examiner as a homicide with the defendant. did. >> was not policing, but the defendant did was and assault. >> the last chance for the defense to battle back. >> i submit to you that the state has failed. to meet its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> defense attorney eric nelson arguing that chauvin's actions were those of a reasonable officer nelson also arguing that multiple factors including floyd's, enlarged heart drug use and other health issues contributed to his death, not the actions of minneapolis police, especially not derek chauvin during a break in the arguments. the floyd family attorney, the reverend jesse jackson and several members of the congressional black caucus. >> attended a prayer service for the floyd family held outside of the government center led by the reverend al sharpton who lamented delivering george floyd's eulogy. not even one year ago. there's not even a year later. >> and th

steve schleicher is on the stand right now. still delivering opening arguments. he's been doing. that said about 9.30 this morning. let's show you some video the reverend al sharpton leading in the family members of george floyd one of them felonies floyd his brother who testified on his behalf at the during the trial rather representative sheila jackson lee from texas. one of those who arrived with the family this morning and a lot of media out here. they're all planning for a prayer service. during the lunch between the closing arguments, the reverend al sharpton will be leading that along with the benjamin crump, the family attorney. and other dignitaries. again, all of them men on justice for george floyd with the conviction of a former officer. derek chauvin. but again, before that could even happen. we have to get through closing arguments today and then the case will go to the jury who will deliberate. sequestered in fact, they won't be going home until they render a judgment in this case we have no idea how long that is going to take. the judge did tell them to hope for s

. >> prosecutor steve schleicher letting loose during closing arguments in the trial of derek chauvinn the death of george floyd ruled by the hennepin county medical examiner as a homicide with the defendant. did. >> was not policing, but the defendant did was an assault. >> the last chance for the defense to battle back. >> i submit to you that the state has failed. to meet its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> defense attorney eric nelson arguing that chauvin's actions were those of a reasonable officer nelson also arguing that multiple factors including floyd's, enlarged heart drug use and other health issues contributed to his death, not the actions of minneapolis police, especially not derek chauvin during a break in the arguments. the floyd family attorney, the reverend jesse jackson and several members of the congressional black caucus. >> attended a prayer service for the floyd family held outside of the government center led by the reverend al sharpton who lamented delivering george floyd's eulogy. not even one year ago. there's not even a year later. >> and this

. >> prosecutor steve schleicher letting loose during closing arguments in the trial of derek chauvin in the death of george floyd ruled by the hennepin county medical examiner as a homicide with the defendant. did. >> was not policing, but the defendant did was and assault. >> the last chance for the defense to battle back. >> i submit to you that the state has failed. to meet its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> defense attorney eric nelson arguing that chauvin's actions were those of a reasonable officer nelson also arguing that multiple factors including floyd's, enlarged heart drug use and other health issues contributed to his death, not the actions of minneapolis police, especially not derek chauvin during a break in the arguments. the floyd family attorney, the reverend jesse jackson and several members of the congressional black caucus. >> attended a prayer service for the floyd family held outside of the government center led by the reverend al sharpton who lamented delivering george floyd's eulogy. not even one year ago. there's not even a year later. >> and th

schleicher has listened and talked about the back and forth and he knows what's coming so he addressed it in his closing argument to the jury that they're going to tell you mr. floyd was a bad guy, a struggle initially, they're going to tell you he was on drugs, this that, but we talked about this earlier, hear it in his words, asking the jury, they're going to say there's reasonable doubt i'm going to ask you to use your common sense. >> proof beyond a reasonable doubt is the highest standard, it's a standard that the state has met here. the state does not need to prove its case beyond all doubt, it does not need to prove its case beyond what i'll call an unreasonable doubt. not required to prove beyond unreasonable doubt, a doubt not based on common sense but nonsense. you're not required to accept nonsense. >> ginteresting sort of prebuttal. you're going to hear a bunch of excuses don't buy them. >> police aren't judge and jury. your job, if a person commits or is suspected of committing a violation of the law, take them into custody and bring them before the appropriate authorities

i want to begin with what i was so struck by yesterday and that was steve schleicher, the prosecutor who gave the first closing argument, not the rebuttal. what he said about this being a pro-police prosecution. here he was. >> make no mistake. this is not a prosecution of the police. it is a prosecution of the defendant. and there's nothing worse for a good police than a bad police. this was not policing. he betrayed the badge and everything it stood for. it's not how they're trained. it's not following the rules. this is not an anti-police prosecution. it's a pro-police prosecution. >> over and over again, did it work? was it impactful and important? >> this is very impactful. there's a psychological hurder that people have in the united states of america and beyond. nobody wants to believe a police officer wakes up in the morning, puts on his or her uniform, adorns the badge and then goes out to kill somebody in the united states america. a civilian in an unjustified way, of course. so this is a way of getting to the idea of, look, this is the ten-foot pole distancing. this is not