Chauvin’s supervisor: Restraint of Floyd could have ended earlier

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🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin’s supervisor testified that the force being used by officers should have stopped earlier. Retired Sgt. David Pleoger told the court “when Mr. Floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended the restraint.” Chauvin’s defense team has already said the jury will learn that the former police officer “did exactly what he had been trained to do.” Mark O’Mara is a criminal defense attorney and successfully represented George Zimmerman, who was found not guilty for the murder of Trayvon Martin. O’Mara joins AC360 to discuss Pleoger’s testimony and the strategy for the defense. Plus, sources tell CNN Rep. Matt Gaetz showed nude photos of women he said he’d slept with to lawmakers, including while on the House floor. The Florida Republican is being investigated by the Justice Department over sex trafficking allegations. Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara tells AC360 the DOJ takes these cases seriously because “it involves minors.” Airdate: April 1, 2021 Guests: Mark O’Mara Preet Bharara To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Derek Chauvin had plenty to tell his supervisor from the scene of the arrests that killed George
0:06.3	Floyd.
0:07.3	He had nothing to say, though, about his knee on the man's neck.
0:11.3	Jim Chudot here in again for Anderson tonight.
0:14.2	That's what the police supervisor told jurors today, a day which also saw testimony from
0:19.0	George Floyd's girlfriend and the paramedics who tried but couldn't revive him.
0:24.9	Day four of the prosecution's case and continued attempts by the defense to suggest that Floyd
0:30.4	was a potential threat, ready to spring back up somehow and do harm.
0:36.0	The latest tonight from CNN's Omar Jimenez, Iminiapolis.
0:40.2	The moments when paramedics arrived and George Floyd appeared unresponsive in May 2020 are
0:45.4	coming into clear focus.
0:47.2	An audio, played in court, Derek Chauvin is hurt on the phone describing what had just
0:52.0	happened.
0:53.0	He was on the phone the guy down.
0:55.7	He was going crazy.
0:57.7	He wouldn't go in the back of the spot.
1:04.3	He was talking to the supervising police sergeant on duty at the time, David Plueger.
1:09.7	Do you have an opinion as to when the restraint of Mr. Floyd should have ended in this encounter?
1:16.8	Yes, what is it?
1:20.1	When Mr. Floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers they could have
1:25.6	entered their restraint?
1:27.2	And that was after he was handcuffed and on the ground and no longer resists.
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