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Derek Chauvin Trial In George Floyd Death

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Derek Chauvin trial live: Opening statements begin with graphic video showing George Floyd's death

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MINNEAPOLIS – Attorneys began laying out their cases Monday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the death of George Floyd last spring – an incident that ignited protests worldwide against police brutality and touched off a racial reckoning in the U.S.

Any question about how and when the graphic bystander video of Floyd's death would be used in the trial was answered just minutes into Monday's opening statements. The prosecution played the whole video for the jury – all 9 minutes and 29 seconds of it, complete with audio of Floyd gasping "I can't breathe" 27 times and witnesses urging Chauvin to get off Floyd's neck.

Defense says evidence is 'far greater than 9 minutes and 29 seconds'
Lead defense attorney Eric Nelson gave a 25-minute opening statement for the defense, arguing the evidence in the case is "far greater than 9 minutes and 29 seconds." He said Floyd died as a result of the drugs in his system and underlying medical conditions "that compromised an already compromised heart."

"There is no political or social cause in this court," Nelson said. "You will learn that Derek Chauvin did exactly what he had been trained to do over the course of his 19-year career."

Prosecution plays bystander video, stresses '9 minutes 29 seconds'
Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell gave the opening statement for the prosecution Monday morning, speaking for about an hour and informing jurors of what evidence they'll be seeing and which witnesses they'll be hearing from.

Blackwell told jurors the case "is not about all police" or the difficult, "split-second decisions police must make." He said Chauvin had his knee on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, contrary to the widely reported estimate of 8 minutes and 46 seconds. "There are 569 seconds, not a split second among them," Blackwell said.

Blackwell provided jurors with a visual timeline of that period, pointing to when bystanders attempted to intervene and when Floyd spoke his last words. "You will see that he does not let up and he does not get up, even when Mr. Floyd doesn't have a pulse," Blackwell said. "You can believe your eyes. It's homicide. It's murder."

As the video played, Chauvin sat in the courtroom, taking notes on a yellow legal pad and occasionally looking up at the screen.

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Chauvin didn't just use an unapproved technique. According to prosecutors, he kept using it despite Floyd's pleading and complaints that he could not breathe, despite the vocal objections of concerned bystanders, and despite Lane's (fellow officer on scene) repeated suggestion that Floyd should be rolled off his stomach and onto his side. Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck past the point where Floyd became nonresponsive, after he stopped breathing, and for about two minutes after a pulse could no longer be detected.
 
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The first day of witness testimony also featured a Minneapolis 911 dispatcher. She was able to watch live video of Floyd's arrest at the time and called a police sergeant to voice her concerns. She at one point thought the video was frozen as Chauvin held his knee on Floyd's neck for such an extended period of time.

"My instincts were telling me that something's wrong. Something was not right. I don't know what, but something wasn't right," Jena Scurry said she thought as she watched the video. "It was an extended period of time."
 
There's a lot more than was going on than police brutality. If you do some digging, you will find out that both George Floyd and Derek Chauvin both worked at a Mexican cantina and dance club called The El Nuevo Rodeo club in Minneapolis. Chauvin worked security there for several years and up until 2019, George Floyd worked as a bouncer. The place is owned by an LLC called Omar Industries. The place has been involved with the counterfeiting of currency. Maybe more information about this should come out at trial because I don't think it was any accident that Chauvin (who worked for the police department for 17 years) was dispatched to arrest Floyd after he got caught using a counterfeit $20 bill. Hopefully Chauvin will tell the truth about who ordered the hit on GF, because honestly this is what it looks like, a contract hit. Be sure to look well below the surface, because this isn't about racism, this is about silencing witnesses and participants who get caught for the fear they will sing like a canary.
 
A Minneapolis firefighter who voiced frustration at being prevented from using her EMT training to help George Floyd will be back on the stand Wednesday in the trial of the fired police officer charged in Floyd's death.

Genevieve Hanson, one of several bystanders seen and heard shouting at Derek Chauvin as he pinned Floyd facedown outside a convenience store last May, cried Tuesday as she recounted how she was unable to come to Floyd‘s aid or tell police what to do, such as administering chest compressions.

“There was a man being killed,” said Hanson, who testified in her dress uniform and detailed her emergency medical technician training. “I would have been able to provide medical attention to the best of my abilities. And this human was denied that right.”

Hanson was among several onlookers to testify Tuesday to what they saw of Floyd’s May 25 death. They described their increasing frustration, anger and despair as they begged Chauvin to take his knee off Floyd’s neck.

Witness after witness described how Chauvin was unmoved by their pleas and continued with his knee on Floyd's neck.

Derek Chauvin trial: Firefighter blocked from helping George Floyd returns to the stand - Washington Times
 
Derek Chauvin trial: Kneeling on George Floy's neck was 'totally unnecessary', Minneapolis police lieutenant testifies

Kneeling on George Floyd‘s neck while he was handcuffed and lying on his stomach was top-tier, deadly force and “totally unnecessary,” the head of the Minneapolis Police Department’s homicide division testified Friday.

“If your knee is on a person’s neck, that can kill him,” said Lt. Richard Zimmerman, adding that when a person is handcuffed behind their back, “your muscles are pulling back ... and if you’re laying on your chest, that’s constricting your breathing even more.”

Zimmerman, who said he is the most senior person on the police force, also testified at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial that once Floyd was handcuffed, he saw “no reason for 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.”

“So in your opinion, should that restraint have stopped once he was handcuffed and thrown on the ground?” prosecutor Matthew Frank asked.

“Absolutely,” replied Zimmerman, who said he has received use-of-force training annually — as all officers do — since joining the city force in 1985.

He said he has never been trained to kneel on someone’s neck if they’re handcuffed behind their back and in the prone position.

“Once you secure or handcuff a person, you need to get them out of the prone position as soon as possible because it restricts their breathing,” Zimmerman said, adding “you need to turn them on their side or have them sit up.”

He also testified that officers have a duty to provide care for a person in distress, even if an ambulance has been called.

Officers kept restraining Floyd — with Chauvin kneeling on his neck, another kneeling on Floyd’s back and a third holding his feet — until the ambulance arrived, even after he became unresponsive.

One officer asked twice if they should roll Floyd on his side to aid his breathing, and later said calmly that he thought Floyd was passing out. Another checked Floyd’s wrist for a pulse and said he couldn’t find one.

The officers also rebuffed offers of help from an off-duty Minneapolis firefighter who wanted to administer aid or tell officers how to do it.

Under cross examination, Chauvin attorney Eric Nelson peppered Zimmerman with questions about the use of force, pointing out that officers must consider the entire situation — including what is happening with a suspect, whether the suspect is under the influence, and other surrounding hazards, such as a crowd.

The defense has argued that Chauvin did what he was trained to do when he encountered Floyd last May and that Floyd’s death was caused not by the knee on his neck — as prosecutors contend — but by drugs, his underlying health conditions and adrenaline. An autopsy found fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system.

Chauvin is also heard on body-camera footage defending his decision to an onlooker after Floyd was taken away by paramedics, saying: “We gotta control this guy ‘cause he’s a sizable guy ... and it looks like he’s probably on something.”

Chauvin, 45 and white, is charged with killing Floyd by pinning his knee on the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds, as he lay face-down in handcuffs. Floyd had been accused of passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a neighborhood market.

Zimmerman agreed with Nelson that a person who is handcuffed still can pose a threat and can continue to thrash around.

And he agreed when Nelson asked if officers who believe they’re in a fight for their lives could use “whatever force is reasonable and necessary,” including by improvising.

“Did you see any need for Officer Chauvin to improvise by putting his knee on Mr. Floyd for 9 minutes and 29 seconds?” Frank later asked Zimmerman.

“No, I did not,” said Zimmerman, who said that based on his review of police body camera footage, the officers did not appear to be in danger from Floyd or about 15 onlookers.

Nelson has suggested that the bystanders — many of whom were shouting at Chauvin to get off Floyd — may have distracted officers and affected their response. The prosecution, however, noted that officers on the scene did not call for backup.

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Derek Chauvin trial: Kneeling on George Floyd’s neck was ‘totally unnecessary,’ Minneapolis police lieutenant testifies - Chicago Tribune
 
Victoria said:
"There is no political or social cause in this court," Nelson said. "You will learn that Derek Chauvin did exactly what he had been trained to do over the course of his 19-year career."
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I dont see how this is a defense at all. If he was trained to do thing sthat way, that just makes it even worse. Just cuz you were trained to murder someone doesnt make it right to have murdered them haha, the fuck is this defense thinking? Idiots.
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Nelson has suggested that the bystanders — many of whom were shouting at Chauvin to get off Floyd — may have distracted officers and affected their response. The prosecution, however, noted that officers on the scene did not call for backup.
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phhhhhh ive watched the vid, the bystanders are incredibly calm and talk to the cops in normal voices, very chill, if they distracted the cops....that makes the situation even worse. These cops were THAT bad at their jobs that they were distracted by citizens merely standing there?
 
Freyja said:
There's a lot more than was going on than police brutality. If you do some digging, you will find out that both George Floyd and Derek Chauvin both worked at a Mexican cantina and dance club called The El Nuevo Rodeo club in Minneapolis. Chauvin worked security there for several years and up until 2019, George Floyd worked as a bouncer. The place is owned by an LLC called Omar Industries. The place has been involved with the counterfeiting of currency. Maybe more information about this should come out at trial because I don't think it was any accident that Chauvin (who worked for the police department for 17 years) was dispatched to arrest Floyd after he got caught using a counterfeit $20 bill. Hopefully Chauvin will tell the truth about who ordered the hit on GF, because honestly this is what it looks like, a contract hit. Be sure to look well below the surface, because this isn't about racism, this is about silencing witnesses and participants who get caught for the fear they will sing like a canary.
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Oh it was clear from very early on that chauvin had a history with this guy and that they knew one another on a personal level. It was always VERY suspicious and....def something goin on here and no doubt in my mind it was a planned 1st degree murder over some beef.

He wouldnt own up to it being a contract hit though, if that's what it was, because he's only facing 2nd degree petty murder beefs right now and i wouldnt be surprised if they get it down to negligent homicide or manslaughter or one of the even lighter ones. The authorities also no doubt dont want to dig in too deep and expose some potential corruption higher up, not to mention, folks like the prosecutor scores farrrrrr more political points if they keep it centered on the police brutality/clean up the cops/racism thing.
 
I have a bad feeling that since Keith Ellison took the lead in having the case prosecuted that none of the true history between Chauvin and Floyd will publicly come to light. Keith Ellison is absolutely dirty and should have never even been allowed to run for the office (much less be elected) of the Minnesota Attorney General! He has a history of DV, which should have made him ineligible to serve. His son is in Antifa and I wonder what the entire involvement of our entire state government is in not just the death of GF, but in the ensuing riots thereafter. Governor Walz was reluctant to get the National Guard involved. You know the rioters were bused into Minneapolis and St Paul. But who brought them here? Who funded the whole thing? The whole place is corrupt to the core.
 
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What???
The cop has a second home in LA???

Why hasn’t any media covered the fact, they knew each other prior to the murder?
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It was covered, where do you think we heard it all. As for why it didn't recieve MORE press, for starters it detracted from the bigger story the media wanted to focus on....the racial element. Also, as complained about in this thread, authorities really didnt release much about this aspect so there really simply wasnt much for the media to report on.

He was charged with some white collar financial crime shit too after the murder shit. He was a corrupt criminal scumbag cop 100% any way you slice it.
 
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It was covered, where do you think we heard it all. As for why it didn't recieve MORE press, for starters it detracted from the bigger story the media wanted to focus on....the racial element. Also, as complained about in this thread, authorities really didnt release much about this aspect so there really simply wasnt much for the media to report on.

He was charged with some white collar financial crime shit too after the murder shit. He was a corrupt criminal scumbag cop 100% any way you slice it.
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I’m still surprised, the lawyers haven’t yet brought up the fact, they once worked together ..

Maybe that’s still to come ..
 
Police Chief Says Derek Chauvin Violated Minneapolis Policies On Use Of Force

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified for the prosecution Monday in the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin, who is facing murder charges over the killing of George Floyd. The trial is now in its second week of testimony.

Arradondo said that he believes Chauvin's actions last May 25 violated the police department's policies on de-escalation, reasonable use of force and rendering aid.

Prosecutor Steve Schleicher showed a still image of Chauvin with his knee on Floyd's neck as Floyd grimaced in pain, a position Chauvin maintained for nine minutes and 29 seconds.

"There is an initial reasonableness in trying to get him under control in the first few seconds," Arradondo said, "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 behind their back – that in no way, shape or form is anything that is by policy, is not part of our training and is certainly not part of our ethics or our values."

The chief said that during the restraint officers could not find Floyd's pulse. But he did not see any of the officers provide medical attention to Floyd, even though he appeared unresponsive.

During cross-examination, defense attorney Eric Nelson showed side-by-side videos of the moment that Chauvin got up off Floyd as paramedics arrived and placed him on a gurney. Arradondo agreed that one officer's bodycam footage of that moment appeared to show Chauvin's knee more on Floyd's shoulder blade than on his neck.

But Arradondo said that a review of the full footage showed Chauvin's knee on Floyd's neck up until that time, pinning Floyd in a manner that is not a trained Minneapolis Police Department neck restraint.

Arradondo said that during the video showed by the defense, there was no indication Floyd was aggressive, actively resisting or passively resisting. "Matter of fact, as I saw that video, I didn't even know if Mr. Floyd was alive at that time," the police chief said.

"It is my firm belief that the one singular incident we will be judged forever on will be our use of force," Arradondo told the jury, noting the thousands of calls his department receives every year.

"And so, while it is absolutely imperative that our officers go home at the end of their shift, we want to make sure and ensure that our community members go home, too," he said.

The sanctity of life is the pillar of the department's use-of-force policy, Arradondo said – and he acknowledged it wasn't always the case. The policy was changed in 2016, he said.

Reading aloud from the police manual's policy on the use of force, Arradondo said: "Sanctity of life and the protection of the public shall be the cornerstone of the MPD's use-of-force policy."

Chauvin's use of force with Floyd violated such policies, Arradondo said: "That action is not de-escalation. And when we talk about the framework of sanctity of life and we talk about the principles and values that we have, that action goes contrary to what we're taught."

Sitting in the witness box, Arradondo, 54, described his long career with the Minneapolis police force, including his training in the department's first police academy class.

The chief testified for more than an hour before the court went into recess for lunch. In the afternoon portion of the session, Schleicher asked the chief about police policies regarding an emotionally disturbed person, referred to by police as an EDP. In 2019, the department dealt with around 4,500 EDP calls, Arradondo said.

Questions also touched on crisis intervention, a police policy similar to its de-escalation measures.

"We want to meet people where they are," the chief said, later adding, "We recognize that oftentimes, people who are experiencing crisis, it is not something that they brought on themselves but are dealing with."

Schleicher then turned to the medical training officers receive. Arradondo noted that most officers receive at least some training in first aid, such as "the ABC's: airway, breathing, circulation," and know how to use direct pressure to help people who are wounded. And he said officers are expected to use those skills.

"We absolutely have a duty to render that aid," Arradondo said.

Reading from the police manual, the chief said that officers who are waiting for an ambulance to reach someone in a medical crisis "shall provide any necessary first aid consistent with MPD training, as soon as practical."

Arradondo spent portions of his career both working in and later commanding the department's internal affairs unit, he told jurors Monday.

Discussing the department's motto – "To protect with courage and to serve with compassion" — he noted that officers are "oftentimes the first face of government that our communities will see, and we will often meet them at their worst moments."

Arradondo also discussed the idea of "de-escalation" in policing. The Minneapolis Police Department says that whenever reasonable, "officers shall use de-escalation tactics to gain voluntary compliance and seek to avoid or minimize use of physical force."

Reciting from the police manual, the chief said officers must "attempt to slow down or stabilize" a situation so that more options and resources can become available.

The same policy also requires officers to consider whether a person's failure to comply with instructions "is a deliberate attempt to resist or an ability to comply" based on a number of possible factors, including mental impairment and medical conditions, as well as being under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

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Minneapolis Police Chief Testifies In Derek Chauvin's Trial : Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing : NPR

The doctor who provided emergency care to Floyd at Hennepin County Medical Center was the first person to testify Monday morning. He testified that at the time of the incident, he believed Floyd died from a lack of oxygen, rather than an overdose or heart attack, based on the information he had.

Last week, jurors heard from 19 people, including several who witnessed Floyd's death and broke down in tears as they described their attempts to intervene on his behalf. Friday, veteran officer Lt. Richard Zimmerman told jurors Chauvin's use of force on Floyd was "totally unnecessary."

Floyd, a Black man, died in police custody on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, pinned his knee against Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

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myra manes said:
I’m still surprised, the lawyers haven’t yet brought up the fact, they once worked together ..

Maybe that’s still to come ..
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It likely wont be brought up. They aren't going for a 1st degree murder charge, unless im misremembering. Really no reason to establish some former beef or motive if they werent gunning for that.

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Police Chief Says Derek Chauvin Violated Minneapolis Policies On Use Of Force
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What a surprise....their training does NOT include kneeling on someones neck until they stop breathing. Sorry, that's unfair, that's not actually what happened, CHauvin didnt kneel on him UNTIL he stopped breathing, he was still kneeling on his neck long AFTER the victim had stopped breathing.
 
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British actor, Maxine Peake, made the following claim in an interview published by the Independent newspaper on Thursday:
“The tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, that was learnt from seminars with Israeli secret services.”
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Ms Peake later tweeted: “I feel it’s important for me to clarify that, when talking to The Independent, I was inaccurate in my assumption of American Police training & its sources. I find racism & antisemitism abhorrent & I in no way wished, nor intended, to add fodder to any views of the contrary.”

We’ve been looking into her original claim. Here’s what we’ve found.

The source

It seems Ms Peake’s original claim is based on an article in the Morning Star from 1 June, which states: “At least 100 Minnesota police officers attended a 2012 conference hosted by the Israeli consulate in Chicago, the second time such an event had been held.”

The article has been shared over 40,000 times on Facebook, according to analytics provided by the website Crowdtangle.

This description appears to be supported by a report from Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) at the time of the event. By the MPR account, the conference took place in Minneapolis and was “put on by the Israeli consulate in Chicago, the FBI and Minnetonka police”. (Minnetonka is the neighbouring city to Minneapolis).

Which techniques were taught?

The Morning Star piece alleges that those attending the 2012 conference “learned the violent techniques used by Israeli forces as they terrorise the occupied Palestinian territories under the guise of security operations.”

The article does not explicitly claim that Israeli forces taught American police to kneel on a person’s neck at the conference.

The only link to this tactic in the story is made by an activist, Neta Golan, who told the paper: “When I saw the picture of killer cop Derek Chauvin murdering George Floyd by leaning in on his neck with his knee as he cried for help and other cops watched, I remembered noticing when many Israeli soldiers began using this technique of leaning in on our chest and necks when we were protesting in the West Bank sometime in 2006.”

Ms Golan is quoted as saying: “it is clear that they [Israel] share these methods when they train police forces abroad in ‘crowd control’ in the US and other countries including Sudan and Brazil.” The information in square brackets is from the Morning Star’s copy.

The article mentions a 2016 report by Amnesty which lists US police forces that have “all traveled to Israel for training” and “thousands of others” that “have received training from Israeli officials here in the U.S.”

After yesterday’s controversy involving Maxine Peake and Rebecca Long-Bailey, Amnesty International told the New Statesman: “the precise nature of the training offered to US police forces by Israeli officials is not something we’ve documented”.
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“Allegations that US police were taught tactics of ‘neck kneeling’ by Israeli secret services is not something we’ve ever reported”.

Beyond the speculation of one activist, there is no information in the Morning Star article that would support the claim that the specific practice of kneeling on a person’s neck was taught to US police by Israeli forces.

Micky Rosenfield, the national spokesman for Israeli police, tweeted on 9 June: “There is no procedure that allows an officer of the Israel police dept to carry out an arrest by placing a knee on the neck of a suspect.”

And after this article was first published, the Israeli Embassy in London told FactCheck: “Any attempt to create a link between what took place in Minnesota with Israel is baseless and misguided.

“They said 2012 event in the Israeli Consulate was on counter-terrorism training that involved information sharing and explosive disarmament training. No arrest tactics were taught as part of the event. “
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The conference hosted by the Israeli consulate for US police officers took place in July 2012. We’ve seen evidence that “neck restraints” involving an officer’s leg were permitted by Minneapolis Police in 2010, and perhaps even as early as 2002.

Archived versions of the Minneapolis Police Department “Use of Force Policy” show that “neck restraints” and “choke holds” were written into the code in October 2002.

You can see the dates on which the definitions of those terms were updated listed at the top in brackets in the excerpt below. The earliest is 16 October 2002.

Note that officers were permitted to use “an arm or leg” as part of a neck restraint in the definition authorised on 1 October 2010. It’s possible that this was also included in earlier definitions, including from 2002, but we have been unable to find records of them.
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In any case, it’s clear that using a leg during a neck restraint was permitted by Minneapolis Police before the July 2012 conference hosted by the Israeli consulate. So even if the “neck kneel” was included in that conference (and we’ve seen no evidence that it was), it would not have been new information to the Minneapolis Police.

According to a 2002 newsletter from an organisation called Communities Against Police Brutality, Minneapolis Police used what they apparently described as a “legal neck restraint” on Christopher Burns, who died on 1 December that year. It’s not clear whether the neck restraint involved an officer’s knee, but the newsletter says officers “kneeled on [Mr Burns’] back” in the incident.
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The Morning Star piece also notes that: “It is unclear whether any of the officers involved in the incident in which Mr Floyd was killed attended the conference.”

We have not been able to verify this either.

While we know that Derek Chauvin – the officer charged with second-degree murder over George Floyd’s death – was employed by Minneapolis Police in 2012, we haven’t seen any evidence he was at the conference.

Indeed, we don’t know whether any or all of those at the event came from the Minneapolis Police Department, or whether members of other Minnesota police forces took part.

Even if all of the 100 conference-goers were from the Minneapolis Police Department, on the basis of statistics alone, it’s unlikely he was one of them: at the time of the event, there were 820 officers on the force, according to their 2013 Annual Report.

What about the three other officers charged in connection with George Floyd’s death?

Two (J Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane) had only joined the force as cadets in 2019, so could not have attended.
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In the Independent interview, Ms Peake says the training was conducted by “Israeli secret services”.

According to Minnesota Public Radio, the 2012 conference was led by “top-notch professionals from the Israeli police”, including a “police chief” and a “bomb tech specialist”. There is no mention of “secret services” in their report.

Another account of the event – this time from a 2014 book by Ali Abunimah, who is described in the book blurb as “the most prominent Palestinian critic of Israel living in the United States” – also suggests it was Israeli police, the not security services, who led the conference.

He writes: “The Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest in Chicago, for example, sponsored two visits by Israeli police officials in 2012 to address hundreds of US law enforcement officials in St Louis, Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Kansas City, Milwaukee and Indianapolis”.

Mr Abunimah cites a press release titled “Israel Police Workshop Detailing Counter-terrorism Took Place in the Midwest in July” from the Israeli Consulate as the source for this description. Again, there is no reference to Israeli secret services having led the event.
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As the Morning Star article notes, it has been reported before that members of some US police forces have been trained by Israeli law enforcement.

Indeed, archived webpages from the Jewish Institute for National Security of America think tank (JINSA) document a number of conferences and training sessions for US police and federal agents run by Israeli officials as part of the Law Enforcement Exchange Program.

But Israeli forces are not unique in offering training sessions to American officers.

In 2015, a delegation of US law enforcement officials travelled to Scotland for classes on nonviolent policing.

The Altoona Police Department in Wisconsin has an exchange programme with German forces. It’s part of the wider “STAR” scheme, which was founded in 1985 between West German and US officers.

Meanwhile, the International Police Association Exchange Program matches American police with their counterparts in “many European countries, and elsewhere”,
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The wrap-up:

The Morning Star piece does not explicitly claim that Israeli forces taught American police to kneel on a person’s neck. The only link to this tactic in the article is made by an activist who says she saw Israeli forces use the technique in the West Bank from 2006 onwards, and speculates that they taught the technique to other countries, including the US.

But Minneapolis Police Department rules permitted “neck restraints” that involved an officer’s leg in 2010 – some two years before the Israeli consulate conference. It is possible that the same rules applied as early as 2002. So even if the technique was included in the Israeli conference (and we’ve seen no evidence that it was), it would not have been new information to the Minneapolis Police.

Following yesterday’s controversy, Amnesty International issued a statement saying: “Allegations that US police were taught tactics of ‘neck kneeling’ by Israeli secret services is not something we’ve ever reported”.

FactCheck has not been able to verify whether any of the officers charged in connection with George Floyd’s death attended the 2012 conference.

FactCheck has been unable to verify the claim that “Israeli secret services” carried out training at the conference. Two separate reports from the time of the conference say that it was led by senior Israeli police officers. Neither mentions the intelligence agencies.

It is true that some US police forces have been trained by Israeli law enforcement officials over the last two decades. But we should remember that other countries, including the UK and Germany, have also run training and exchange schemes with American officers.

Ms Peake later tweeted: “I feel it’s important for me to clarify that, when talking to The Independent, I was inaccurate in my assumption of American Police training & its sources. I find racism & antisemitism abhorrent & I in no way wished, nor intended, to add fodder to any views of the contrary.”

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FactCheck: did Israeli secret service teach Floyd police to kneel on neck?

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Judge in Derek Chauvin trial says Maxine Waters’ comments could lead to whole case ‘being overturned’
The judge in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial slammed Rep. Maxine Waters’ call for protesters to “get confrontational” if the ex-cop is cleared in the death of George Floyd on Monday — saying it could lead to the whole case “being overturned.”

The stunning remarks came as the city of Minneapolis braces for unrest while the jury deliberates in the case.

Defense attorney Eric Nelson had urged Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill to declare a mistrial, arguing that “an elected official, US Congressperson” made statements that “I think are reasonably interpreted to be threats against the sanctity of the jury process” and had the effect of “threatening and intimidating the jury.”

Cahill denied the motion but told Nelson, “I’ll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned.”
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Judge in Chauvin trial says Waters' comments could lead to appeal (nypost.com)
 
She’s the ultimate disgusting idiot and would be crucified by the media if she wasn’t a loony liberal and CNN favorite
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Anytime she asks questions, she insists on a yes or no answer, cause she has no understanding of the question written for her to ask and only knows to accept a certain short answer to not look stupid
 
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