both legal teams pressed lieutenant richard zimmermann on the stand. he testified that in his more than 35 years as an officer, he's never been trained to put his knee across the neck of a suspect, especially, he said, if that person is handcuffed and in the prone position like george floyd was during that confrontation of memorial day last year. during cross examination, the defense challenged officer zimmermann. >> minneapolis police department policy allows a police officer to use whatever means are available to him to protect himself and others, right? >> yes. >> the judge dismissed jurors early today for good friday and being easter weekend. the trial resumes monday morning. >>> making it in the bay, a new housing partnership between santa clara and san jose could help more people. about 15 years ago plans to development north san jose and add housing resulted in lawsuits including from neighboring santa clara. oday when leaders of both cities work together. many local groups support this new effort and lament the time that's been lost. >> with ov

investigative units so within the investigative bureau you mentioned homicide that's where the tenant zimmermann work is that right that is screwed ok. and the patrol bureau that provides services such as 911 response like you did when you were a patrol officers that right that's correct crime prevention traffic control emergency services all within the patrol bureau yes. and individuals. and do within the pitcher patrol bureau in order to provide us patrol services over the geographic area we've heard about precincts is that right yes and if we could publish exhibit $269.00. looking at exhibits 269 is this the geographic area of your jurisdiction yes it is and then can you just use to 69 to describe the precincts and what they are and what purpose they we serve. yes this exhibit blinds the 5 geographical precincts. and this also lets our community know which precinct based on where they happen to live which precinct their residence or business is a part of and so you're able to see from this map here sector one per precinct one kind of is in the center there covers downtown see the riverside ar

one thing about zimmermann, he was one of the officers who signed a letter after george floyd's death condemning derek chauvin. i have pulled up the letter and want to quote from it. he says like us, derek chauvin took an oath to hold the sanctity of life most precious. derek chauvin failed as a human and stripped george floyd of his dignity and life. and goes on to say this is not who we are. that gives you an idea of what perspective he is coming into the trial and what perspective his testimony is taking, not only being a long time homicide investigator but also being the most senior member of the minneapolis police department, craig. >> shaq brewster outside that courthouse. gabe is also outside that courthouse in minneapolis as well. gabe, walk us through what this all tells us about the timeline of this case. >> craig, picking up on shaqqees -- shaq's point, you have to wonder the credibility of the police chief who worked at the police department since the mid '80s saying officer chauvin went too far. yesterday the shift supervisor said chauvin went too far. building on the tim

. >> reporter: lieutenant richard zimmermann testified he is the most senior member of the minneapolis police force. he has been there 35 years, now the head of homicide. chauvin's attorney intimated that the lieutenant may not be in the best decision to judge patrol officer's decisions. you are not out patrolling the streets, making arrests, things of that nature? >> no. >> all right. and it's fair to say then that your experience with the use of force of late has been primarily through training? >> yes. >> reporter: he shows up on scenes after an incident occurs. still, with all his years of experience, he did not mince words when asked if the officers used excessive force that day. >> pulling him down to the ground, facedown, and putting your knee on a neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for. i saw no reason why the officers felt they were in danger, if that's what they felt. and that's what they would have to feel to be able to use that kind of force. >> reporter: there has been extremely powerful testimony from those who saw what happened to george floyd on may 25th, 202

like you said the last witness we heard from friday, lieutenant zimmermann, the most senior emin of the minneapolis police officer said his actions were unnecessary and that by putting a knee on a neck you can kill a person. chauvin's defense is showing his actions were kit with training. intuitively it is hard to understand. you could argue that they needed to hold him. the question is not whether force or restrain was justified. it is what happened during that key 9:29. was it necessary to put a knee to the neck at all? we will see that play out this week. >> another viewer wants the know, can the prosecution call the other three former officer who were with derek chauvin to testify against him? we don't see a lot about those officers. what about that? >> almost certainly not. those three officers have also been charged with crimes related to george floyd's death. they will be tried together as a group later they are summer, in august. because they are facing a criminal charges they have the fifth amendment right, you have the right to maim silent. a criminal defendant has that right,

the head of the homicide unit, lieutenant richard zimmermann, took the stand today in chauvin's murder trial after watching the video of floyd's arrest, lieutenant zimmerman said it is clear chauvin and the officer police officers went too far. >> pulling him down to the ground face down and putting a knee on a neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for i saw no reason why the officers felt like they were in danger if that's what they felt. and that's what they would have to feel to be able to use that kind of force. >> lieutenant zimmerman testified that minneapolis police officers are trained to turn suspects on their side or spit them up as quickly as possible because lying on your chest while handcuffed behind your back makes it hard to breathe. here's nbc's jay gray. >> reporter: homicide investigator richard zimmerman, the most senior officer at the minneapolis police department, has reviewed police body cam video of other key elements in the case >> i get called for every death, suspicious death. >> reporter: today led by prosecutors -- [ inaudible as this trial begins mo