Yes touching the neck was completely dropped from training after trial but DC did not follow the proper protocols inherent in the neck training.
The "neck training" was never meant to allow officers to simply apply pressure to the neck and then "that is that."
No, there are entire protocols to follow from de-escalation to assessing breathing to turning the person onto their side to
stopping when person is in hand cuffs and subdued.... Etc...
Documentary was very selective -slanted. It was deliberately produced to make people think justice wasn't served in the State District Court of Minnesota. This (click bait) gets ratings.
The center of the defense was that DC was following his training and the defense was given
an entire trial to convince the jury of this but clearly DC did not follow the "neck training."
DC did not follow training procedures in several ways....
Law enforcement officers continue to testify in the George Floyd case.
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On day 7, prosecutors call police training specialists.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A critical factor for jurors to consider at a former Minneapolis police officer's trial in George Floyd's death is whether he violated the department's policy on neck restraints when he knelt on Floyd's neck.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis police chief testified Monday that now-fired Officer Derek Chauvin violated departmental policy — and went against “our principles and the values that we have” — in pressing his knee on George Floyd’s neck and keeping him down after Floyd had stopped resisting and
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