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Stiger, an outside expert presented by the prosecution, has told the jury that the police involved in George Floyd’s restraint should have ended any use of force by the time he was tilted and had stopped resisting.

“No force should have been used once in this position,” Steiger told the jury under direct examination.

It’s a repetition of what other members of the Minneapolis police department have already told the jury, but the fact that an outside expert is now saying it gives even more weight to that argument.

Steiger says that by the time Floyd is tipped off by officers, including Chauvin “He was not trying to evade. I was not trying to resist. ”

He says officers should have considered the death risk possional asphyxia.

Stiger has finished his direct examination about to be questioned by Eric Nelson, Chauvin’s defense attorney.

Let’s start again and Sgt Rising has resumed his testimony.

From the end, prosecutors have asked Stiger to say how long he understands Chauvin placed Floyd on a knee and neck brace.

He repeats this critical period of time that has been mentioned so many times now in this trial: nine minutes and 29 seconds. It is the total time Chauvin used what prosecutors call lethal and unreasonable force against George Floyd, who was unarmed.

Prosecutors ask Stiger if the use of force should be reasonable at all times.

“Yes”. He answers.

Stiger is asked to examine a series of photographs showing various moments during the arrest. He points out that the photographs show Chauvin’s knee in Floyd’s neck and the use of the fulfillment of pain in Floyd’s hands and arms as he is stretched and handcuffed.

We look forward to hearing from you again in the next 10 minutes.

Before things started again, I thought I’d share a profile interview I wrote last month with the Minneapolis City Council Vice President, Andrea Jenkins.

Jenkins has been one of the strongest voices in the community following George Floyd’s death and I spoke at length to him about how the city is preparing for this iconic trial.

She told me about Zoom:

“Is it like that [the murder trial] it will be traumatic. We want to have as peaceful a situation as we can and really have the resources so that people can come if there are challenges. ”

He also talked about being in regular contact with members of George Floyd’s family.

“They’re really more concerned about justice,” he told me. “They want to see justice and they want to make sure George Floyd’s name is honored by the role his legacy plays in social justice.”

Jenkins she is also the first black transgender woman open in the United States elected to public office and shared some more details of his childhood and his rise to office.

You can read the full profile interview here:

Good morning and welcome to the continued live coverage and analysis of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.

Chauvin, a former white Minneapolis police department officer, faces three criminal charges in connection with the death in custody of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man whose passing resulted in a worldwide calculation of the racism. The most serious is second-degree murder, which carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.

The trial marks an unprecedented moment in Minnesota’s criminal justice history as proceedings are streamed live due to the coronavirus pandemic.

We have seen a large number of witnesses testify for the prosecution, including senior Minneapolis police department figures, a number of eyewitnesses and medical professionals.

Yesterday the state convened its first expert testimony, Sergeant Jody Stiger, a 28-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department. Like others with expert knowledge of police use of force, Stiger told the court he believed Chauvin’s prolonged use of a knee-to-neck restraint was quite excessive.

“My view was that the force was excessive,” Stiger said, telling the court he had reviewed the department’s use of force police and a video capturing George Floyd’s arrest.

Sergeant Stiger is expected to continue testifying when the court resumes this morning at 9:00 p.m.

My partner Chris McGreal so far he has been covering every day of the trial and has filed another report after yesterday’s testimony.

We will continue to provide you with key testimony lines and in-depth analysis.