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.
I went back and watch the video and he sarcastically states that "once they're cuffed the threat level goes all the way down...I mean how can they hurt you?" @17:30 https://youtu.be/S9GGZCooTUc
Under cross had to be forced to concede the point that everyone could see one video: a person in cuffs can still thrash and kick. But he was reluctant to do so and a little petulant in his responses.
Call that what you want but it made him look like a retard.
Correct! This and getting him to admit he doesn't teach sell defense but is a student were the best parts of cross.
Having the jury throw out everything he said should be a priority.
Honestly I havent seen a single witness that has helped the prosecution in a net sense. Maybe an emotional point here and there but is is pretty damning that we havent seen any medical experts. Even worse; the prosecution tried to get fraudster Michael Baden's autopsy admitted (it wasnt).
I'm thinking all cops are next, followed by the medical experts? I saw their list; it's a lot of people.
Maybe, we will see if they counter the current trend of negative evidentiary value. Like I said, it's not a good sign the prosecution tried to go with Michael Baden's autopsy. If you dont know who he is look deeper and discover how fraudulent he is.
I dont think they are going to find anyone reputable to contradict the medical examiner's findings. Maybe media talking heads will, but none would ever testify under oath.