Minneapolis Police Chief says killer cop knew what he was doing - murder !
Today in Mineapolis Star Tribune;In response to:
Police chief: George Floyd's death was a 'murder,' not about lack of training
Police Chief says Chauvin "knew what he was doing."
By Jennifer Bjorhus
June 23, 2020 — 3:39pm
Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao — two of the officers involved in killing George Floyd May 25 — both took department training on preventing suffocating people being restrained face down, the Minneapolis Police Department confirmed.
In one of his most forceful comments yet on Floyd’s killing, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo issued a statement Monday night, saying “Chauvin knew what he was doing.”
“Mr. George Floyd’s tragic death was not due to a lack of training — the training was there,” he said. “This was murder — it wasn’t a lack of training. This is why I took swift action regarding the involved officers’ employment with MPD,” Arradondo said.
While a number of significant public officials in Minnesota, including Gov. Tim Walz, have started calling Floyd’s killing murder, this is believed to be the first such public statement by the Police Chief.
Arradondo released his statement late Monday in response to public records requests for specific training records after questions were raised about whether the Minneapolis Police Department ever fulfilled a promise in a 2013 settlement to require all sworn officers to undergo training on the dangers of positional asphyxia during the 2014 training cycle.
Arradondo said that the MPD “went beyond the requirements” of the settlement. It not only provided the training, he said, but changed its policies in 2014 to “explicitly require moving an arrestee from a prone position to a recovery position when the maximal restraint technique is used and require continuous monitoring of an arrestee’s condition.”
He went on to say that the MPD continues to emphasize training on the tactics: “There is simply no way that any competent officer in MPD would be unaware of the need to get an arrestee into a recovery position so that he or she can breathe freely.”
Chauvin’s lawyer Eric Nelson said he is not commenting on the case.
The 2013 settlement stemmed from a lawsuit filed by the family of David Cornelius Smith, a black man who died in 2010 after police pinned him face down, while handcuffed, on the floor of a downtown YMCA in downtown Minneapolis. The city paid the family $3 million to settle their claims, one of the largest payouts for police misconduct in the city’s history.
Earlier this month Smith’s sister Angela Smith and a family lawyer made an impassioned plea to the city’s civilian Police Conduct Oversight Commission to find out whether the training the family negotiated as part of its settlement was ever conducted.
In an interview, Jeff Storms, a lawyer who represented the Smith family in its lawsuit, said he wants to verify the Chief’s information.
“The statement that was released by the chief does not satisfy our concerns and we will continue to do our due diligence to ensure that the settlement agreement was complied with.”
It appears to be the first time Arradondo has publicly described Floyd’s killing as “murder.” Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington called Floyd’s death “murder” on May 29, just hours before Chauvin was charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Afsheen Foroozan, who chairs the Police Conduct Oversight Commission, could not immediately be reached for comment. Commission member Abigail Cerra said she couldn’t speak for the commission, but as a lawyer and individual she said she was “stunned” by the statement.
Police chief: George Floyd's death was a 'murder,' not about lack of training
Police Chief says Chauvin "knew what he was doing."
By Jennifer Bjorhus
June 23, 2020 — 3:39pm
Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao — two of the officers involved in killing George Floyd May 25 — both took department training on preventing suffocating people being restrained face down, the Minneapolis Police Department confirmed.
In one of his most forceful comments yet on Floyd’s killing, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo issued a statement Monday night, saying “Chauvin knew what he was doing.”
“Mr. George Floyd’s tragic death was not due to a lack of training — the training was there,” he said. “This was murder — it wasn’t a lack of training. This is why I took swift action regarding the involved officers’ employment with MPD,” Arradondo said.
While a number of significant public officials in Minnesota, including Gov. Tim Walz, have started calling Floyd’s killing murder, this is believed to be the first such public statement by the Police Chief.
Arradondo released his statement late Monday in response to public records requests for specific training records after questions were raised about whether the Minneapolis Police Department ever fulfilled a promise in a 2013 settlement to require all sworn officers to undergo training on the dangers of positional asphyxia during the 2014 training cycle.
Arradondo said that the MPD “went beyond the requirements” of the settlement. It not only provided the training, he said, but changed its policies in 2014 to “explicitly require moving an arrestee from a prone position to a recovery position when the maximal restraint technique is used and require continuous monitoring of an arrestee’s condition.”
He went on to say that the MPD continues to emphasize training on the tactics: “There is simply no way that any competent officer in MPD would be unaware of the need to get an arrestee into a recovery position so that he or she can breathe freely.”
Chauvin’s lawyer Eric Nelson said he is not commenting on the case.
The 2013 settlement stemmed from a lawsuit filed by the family of David Cornelius Smith, a black man who died in 2010 after police pinned him face down, while handcuffed, on the floor of a downtown YMCA in downtown Minneapolis. The city paid the family $3 million to settle their claims, one of the largest payouts for police misconduct in the city’s history.
Earlier this month Smith’s sister Angela Smith and a family lawyer made an impassioned plea to the city’s civilian Police Conduct Oversight Commission to find out whether the training the family negotiated as part of its settlement was ever conducted.
In an interview, Jeff Storms, a lawyer who represented the Smith family in its lawsuit, said he wants to verify the Chief’s information.
“The statement that was released by the chief does not satisfy our concerns and we will continue to do our due diligence to ensure that the settlement agreement was complied with.”
It appears to be the first time Arradondo has publicly described Floyd’s killing as “murder.” Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington called Floyd’s death “murder” on May 29, just hours before Chauvin was charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Afsheen Foroozan, who chairs the Police Conduct Oversight Commission, could not immediately be reached for comment. Commission member Abigail Cerra said she couldn’t speak for the commission, but as a lawyer and individual she said she was “stunned” by the statement.
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“As a prosecutor I would jump on that, calling Rondo as a witness and having Rondo testify about the training that was provided, how often it was provided, testifying as to which officers attended the training,” Cerra said.
Cerra, who, along with the Star Tribune, filed public records requests for the training data, said she still hasn’t received a response from the MPD and wants to see the records.
“It’s taken three weeks to get an answer about was this training requirement was met,” she said. “Right now all we have is Rondo’s statement.”
Marshall Tanick, a veteran defense attorney who has represented a number of law enforcement personnel, said he was “flabbergasted” by Arradondo’s statement.
“It could significantly prejudice his right to a fair trial,” Tanick said. “I’m fairly sure that the defense team will raise this comment in conjunction with other comments made by public officials to seek dismissal of the charges or at least a change of venue.”
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Black Americans Killed in Riots Across American Cities.
G - This blog isn't about them. However, I don't want good people killed anywhere.
Maybe after Trump dies in the future, they will finally admit what a horrible president he was.
Of course, he talks out of both sides of his mouth too.
... have riots to demand more blacks be kept imprisoned, and more Jack the Ripper monsters patrol the streets!
That's already been Done - over a 1/4 Century ago with the '94 Crime Bill.
The Senate speeches sound eerily similar to what's suggested in the quote in the Response Box at the top of this comment.
The presentation seems something of an attack on the presumed 'Crat Prez nominee, but it's undeniable He Repeatedly claimed it as His Bill - By Name.
@ 3:05 He should've been a Helluva lot more careful what he wished for!
It's impossible to Count how many clips from that vid can (will?) be used in effective attack ads.
Anyway -
It's arguable that Chauvin was one of a glut of cops hired & motivated to fill Federally Funded Prisons, George Floyd early in life got caught up in the revolving door prison system created by the '94 Crime Bill & was eventually killed by Chauvin.
To the point of the blog's title -
Law Enforcement Officers receive CPR Training.
It's difficult - Impossible Really - that Anyone who'd received such training could NOT Know that Chauvin's actions could result in death. That'd include Chauvin And the 3 cops who stood by Watching the incident.
That's simply a flat out no-brainer!
... eventually blaming Trump.
Maybe after Trump dies in the future, they will finally admit what a horrible president he was.
Not sure Exactly how that blames it on The Don or How it ties into the blog topic
But basically ... Nailed It
Now that GWB is out of office, at least Mic admits that he was horrible.
Of course, he talks out of both sides of his mouth too.
I've NEVER double spoken 'bout W and and notion that I ever Did is delusional
I did Not vote for him, Never thought he'd be a Good Prez & suspected he'd undo good accomplished by BJ
Note especially BJ's reference to fiscal responsibility @ 3:10 ...
W's actions that dragged the U.S.& the world into needles & counterproductive Wars was when I ranked him as a contender for the the Worst Prez race to the bottom - a position I Still accord him.
Note - That was Well prior to him leaving office & before his re-election.
I Trust this dispels any bizarrely contrived misconceptions.
What a horrible scene that was.
I hope the judicial system work this time.
Let the punishment fits the crime.
That TWENTY-THREE individual U.S. States Now top the list of Most Incarcerations before another country comes in @ No. 24 is as disgraceful as it is disgusting.
Discussing things such as Did Chauvin Know He Was Killing George Floyd without addressing How both Chauvin & Floyd came to be involved in the incident is like covering a malignant tumor with a bandage in order to hide it from sight.
It's difficult - Impossible Really - that Anyone who'd received such training could NOT Know that Chauvin's actions could result in death. That'd include Chauvin And the 3 cops who stood by Watching the incident.
That's simply a flat out no-brainer!
What a horrible scene that was.
I hope the judicial system work this time.
Let the punishment fits the crime.
I've NEVER double spoken 'bout W and and notion that I ever Did is delusional
If you don't want to be thought of that way, stop doing it.
My impression of Jim posting:
Your warped interpretation says a lot about you, not me.
An once again as always the statue of liberty denies your false copy and paste prophecies. Jimbo and the false news of copies and pastes to his personal, on going algorithm. Jersey Boots at the warf