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Audio: Chauvin trial: Kneeling on neck ‘deadly force’ and ‘totally unnecessary’ says police lieutenant

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The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, charged in the death of George Floyd continued Friday with testimony from officers who secured the scene after the deadly arrest.

MINNEAPOLIS (NewsNation Now) — The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, charged in the death of George Floyd continued Friday with testimony from officers who secured the scene after the deadly arrest.

A Minneapolis homicide investigator described Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck during the May 25, 2020 arrest as “totally unnecessary” and “top-tier, deadly force.”