Witness: Three officers at Floyd killing had duty to intervene

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Trio of officers had duty to de-escalate situation prior to George Floyd’s death

Three officers on trial for allegedly violating George Floyd’s civil rights would have been trained to use the least amount of force necessary and had a duty to intervene against inappropriate force, the commander of the Minneapolis police training division at the time of Floyd’s killing testified Thursday.

Blackwell testified that it is critical to move someone who is being restrained from a prone position onto their side, otherwise “the concern is that they would die in custody.” Body camera video shows that Lane twice asked if they should roll Floyd onto his side but was rebuffed. Whether the officers deprived Floyd of medical aid is a key element of the case, and prosecutors have sought to show jurors that responding paramedics were not given important information, and that Floyd should have been given medical attention immediately.

On Wednesday, paramedic Derek Smith testified that he wasn’t told Floyd wasn’t breathing and had no pulse when officers upgraded the urgency of an ambulance call. Smith agreed with prosecutor Manda Sertich that CPR should have been started as soon as possible – something the officers were trained to do.

 

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Give it up enough Floyd was a criminal, drug user amd abuser and now he is being madeninto a hero grow up...took cops 30 minites to talk him down will never believe police was responsible ..he overdosed he was high as a kite

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