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Zimmerman testifies that MPD officers are trained to get handcuffed suspects out of the prone position ASAP — PolitiTweet.org

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Zimmerman testifies that once a suspect is handcuffed "the threat level is just not there.” He says MPD officers are trained on the dangers of having someone handcuffed in the prone position because it restricts a person’s ability to breathe. — PolitiTweet.org

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Zimmerman says kneeling on someone’s neck would be considered “deadly force.” Why “Because of the fact that if your knee is on a person's neck, that can kill him,” he says — PolitiTweet.org

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Prosecutors: In all the years you've been working for the MPD, have you been trained to kneel on the neck of someone who is handcuffed behind their back in a prone position? "No, I haven’t,” Zimmerman says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Zimmerman testifies about a “use of force continuum” that MPD officers are trained on —essentially the levels of force that are adapted and “relative to the threat” of the scene — PolitiTweet.org

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Prosecutors are asking Zimmerman about training on use of force. He testifies at all officers on MPD are required to undergo training one a year every year — PolitiTweet.org

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Zimmerman says he learned at the scene that Floyd had died. As he testifies, Chauvin appears to be listening pretty closely, pausing from his usual intense note taking to look up towards the witness stand — PolitiTweet.org

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Zimmerman testifies that he advised Sgt. Edwards that Kueng and Lane needed to go to City Hall for questioning. He also dispatched officers to try and find video and other evidence of the incident — PolitiTweet.org

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Zimmerman has worked for MPD since 1985 and notes that he’s the longest serving officer on the force — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LouRaguse: Lt. Zimmerman is the head of the homicide department. When testifying, he can sometimes be a colorful witness. In the Noor t… — PolitiTweet.org

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Correx Zimmerman is a LT — PolitiTweet.org

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Defense atty Eric Nelson confers with Chauvin and then announces no questions for Edwards. Next up Sgt. Richard Zimmerman, head of MPD homicide unit, who also responded to the scene at 38th and chicago — PolitiTweet.org

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The jury is shown photos from Edwards’ body camera video of agents from the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension towing squad 320 away. Floyd’s car had been towed earlier. The BCA wrapped up at the scene shortly after 3:30am on May 26 — PolitiTweet.org

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While Edwards dispatch other officers to find/question witnesses, he asked Kueng/Lane to “chill out” and wait for other officers to escort them to City Hall for questioning — PolitiTweet.org

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Kueng/Lane’s squad car is going to be a pivotal part of Chauvin’s defense. His attorney claimed last month that a second search of the vehicle in January recovered pill fragments in the back seat that tested positive for drugs/Floyd’s DNA — PolitiTweet.org

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Edwards testifies that he found Kueng and Lane sitting in their squad car — the same one in which they had tried to place Floyd. He later told them to get out of the vehicle and leave their belongings behind once it was clear it was a critical incident — PolitiTweet.org

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The jury is shown still photos from Edwards’ body camera video, including nighttime images of Kueng and Lane —illuminated by police lights outside Cup Foods — PolitiTweet.org

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Edwards testifies that he encountered Kueng and Lane who were still at 38th and Chicago and ordered them to turn on their body cameras and put up crime scene tape in anticipation it would be a critical incident. They generally told him of their interaction with Floyd — PolitiTweet.org

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Edwards testifies that he got a phone call from then-Sgt. Pleoger, who was at the hospital where Floyd was taken, who asked him to go to the scene at 38th and Chicago. Struck by how he is talking to the jury as he answers every question — PolitiTweet.org

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We’re back with day 5 of testimony in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Currently on the stand is Sgt. Jon Edwards, a supervisor who worked out of Minneapolis’s 3rd precinct. He responded to the scene at 38th and Chicago. Watch and read our coverage here https://t.co/mBY2jJn7sN — PolitiTweet.org

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The jury is being shown a still of Floyd in the ambulance taken from Thomas Lane’s body camera video. The officer rode the ambulance and helped perform chest compressions trying to revive the man — PolitiTweet.org

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In the ambulance, Bravinder recalls the cardiac monitor showed Floyd had flatlined. — PolitiTweet.org

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Bravinder testifies that Chauvin lifted up, he placed his hands near Floyd’s head to keep it from hitting the pavement. The man was “limp” and Chauvin wasn’t moving to protect Floyd’s head — PolitiTweet.org

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Bystander footage shows Bravinder finally nudged Chauvin. Why? “Just to have the officer move,” he testifies — PolitiTweet.org

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Paramedic Seth Bravinder, who responded to 38th and Chicago is on the stand. Prosecutors are showing the jury footage Thomas Lane’s body camera video and bystander footage that shows Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck even as a paramedic checked the unresponsive man’s pulse — PolitiTweet.org

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Statement from the Floyd family legal team regarding the testimony about Floyd's struggle with opioid abuse https://t.co/jiVfCezs95 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @newsbysamuels: In the second half of this story, we talked about the extent of Floyd’s addiction, why it started, how he got sober and… — PolitiTweet.org

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Frank asks Ross about the pills Floyd took in May, again repeating that he did not die. How did they affect him? “He had a lot of energy,” she says. As she leaves the stand, she says thank you to the court and the jury — PolitiTweet.org

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Prosecutor Matt Frank, under redirect, asks Ross about the pills she and Floyd took in March and May that made her feel “jittery.” “Obviously he did not die” Frank says. “No,” Ross replies. — PolitiTweet.org