Most senior Officer in Minnedishu PD says that it is lethal force to put your knee on someone's neck. They have never been trained to do this with someone handcuffed behind their back while in the prone position.
He further states that simply being handcuffed with your hands behind your back makes it hard to breathe, and being in the prone position would make it even harder to breathe. For this reason once someone is handcuffed with their hands behind their back you get their chest off the ground. (GF's chest was on the ground the whole time) He said you usually get them on their side or sitting.
This came before the break at 10:45 local time, probably after 10:15.
He further states that of the 5 levels of force, once you have someone handcuffed behind their back you immediately drop to the lowest level of force and threat, the perp can't really hurt you, while they can still kick you can get out of the way.
Cross-examination should be interesting!
He also establishes that the Officer who handcuffs a perp immediately becomes responsible for their well being. I point out that if Chauvin didn't handcuff GF, this adds a wrinkle to the case.
That's not the case - one of the paramedic testified that Floyd was on his side when he arrived. In other words, he had been moved from a prone position into a recovery position as per Minnesota Police Department policy.
Nobody said GF was in "the recovery position." That hasn't been defined in the trial, which I think is a mistake by one attorney or the other.
The Lieutenant today didn't use that term at all. Maybe cops don't use it but paramedics do?
The lieutenant seemed keen to get his former employee convicted.
Testimony from more competent officers the previous day explicitly included the policy to put someone into the recovery position. That's police policy.
As I said, the paramedic said he was on his side. Not prone. On his side. Maybe it was the recovery position, maybe it was not but it sure as fuck counts for a lot more than the cunt of a lieutenant that wasn't at the scene making shit up.
At no point did either paramedic clarify that GF's chest had not been on the ground, nor that he was on his side as opposed to prone.
If you can find any video to support your idea here that would help the defense immensely.
I never saw even a brief moment similar to what you're suggesting, beginning from when Chauvin pinned him.
-- https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/04/chauvin-trial-day-4-wrap-up-another-poor-day-for-prosecution-advantage-defense/
Video footage is below that, I'll let you watch through to see where the defence asked and received that response.