‘No force’ should have been used on George Floyd, LAPD expert says

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Once George Floyd was on his stomach in handcuffs, police should’ve used “no force,” according to a Los Angeles Police Department use of force expert who testified in the Derek Chauvin murder trial on Wednesday morning.

Instead, according to LAPD sergeant Jody Stiger, who reviewed the arrest, Minneapolis police continued using “deadly” force on Mr Floyd for more than nine minutes, failing to meet the “objective reasonableness” standard that police must legally follow when interacting with suspects.

“My opinion was that no force should’ve been used once he was in that position,” Mr Stiger, an expert witness for the state, said. “He was in the prone position. He was handcuffed. He was not attempting to evade. He was not attempting to resist. And the pressure that was being caused by the body weight could cause positional asphyxia, which could cause death,” he added.

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