A powerful day of testimony in the Derek Chauvin trial as prosecutors brought a key witness to the stand. While police officers and supervisors typically back up other law enforcement in these types of proceedings, that wasn’t the case today.  Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo made it clear that Chauvin did not act according to training when restraining George Floyd. Chief Arradondo testified:

“There’s an initial reasonableness of trying to just get him under control in the first few seconds, 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, part of our training and is certainly not part of our ethics or values.”

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The Star-Tribune reports:

Arradondo, 54, who has been with the department since 1989 and has been chief for three years, was harshly critical of Chauvin soon after Floyd’s death, which led to widespread unrest and rioting in his city and elsewhere.

Under questioning from prosecutor Steve Schleicher, Arradondo said, “It is my firm belief that the one singular incident we will be judged forever on will be our use of force. While it is absolutely imperative that our officers go home at the end of their shift, we want to make sure our community members do too.”

Arradondo also said the suspicion that Floyd may have passed a fake $20 bill likely wasn’t even serious enough to warrant an arrest.

Watch analysis above from MSNBC.