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Explainer: Was Use of Force Lawful1 in George Floyd’s Arrest?

The trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin continues in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the jury in the case is hearing a lot about the use of force by police.

Chauvin is known to have kept his knee on the neck of George Floyd for more than nine minutes in May 2020 while the detained man stopped breathing and died. The neck is the part of the body between the head and the body.

The former police officer is being charged with murder and manslaughter, a less serious crime related to causing the death of another person.

The Minneapolis police chief, Medaria Arradondo, answered lawyers' questions on Monday during the trial. Soon after Floyd died in police custody2 last year, Arradondo called what happened "murder."

During the trial on Monday, Arradondo said what Chauvin did to Floyd was "in no way" part of his department's training. Arradondo has said Chauvin broke the rules during his arrest of Floyd, who was accused of trying to use false money at a store.

On Monday, Arradondo listed a number of things Chauvin did wrong while arresting Floyd. He said Chauvin should have eased pressure on Floyd sooner. He said Chauvin used too much pressure on Floyd's neck. He also did not try to help Floyd when it seemed like he was not breathing. And he did not follow the police department's rules to try to ease the worry in a difficult situation.

"That action is not de-escalation," he said.

Earlier in the trial, a doctor said Floyd most likely died because his heart stopped from a lack of oxygen.

Here are some of the important questions that came up on Monday.

What kind of restraints on the neck are permitted?

The police department permits restraint of a person's neck. One is called a conscious restraint and another is an unconscious restraint. One is supposed to give a police officer control of someone who is fighting against them. The other is supposed to make the person go to sleep, or lose consciousness.

In both cases, the pressure is supposed to be reduced if the person is having trouble breathing.

Floyd said he could not breathe many times based on videos recorded by people watching the incident.

What do the lawyers say?

Chauvin's lawyer is Eric Nelson. Nelson provided a document to the court that showed a trainer kneeling on the neck of someone being arrested. The documents were part of a guide given to police officers.

However, other officers said that Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck for too long. Especially after he lost consciousness.

What do experts say?

People who are trained in the restraint used on Floyd – known as a choke hold – say it is easy for the move to go wrong. Jack3 Ryan is a lawyer and a former police officer who knows about choke holds. He said it is easy to make a mistake and make it hard for a person to breathe.

Another expert said the move requires a lot of training and "precision," and that it is easy to lose the skill without additional training.

How much pressure was Chauvin using?

Some people who saw what happened said it looked like Chauvin put his full weight on Floyd. But Chauvin's lawyer pointed4 out that a doctor who saw Floyd after he died said there was not tissue damage or injuries to his neck.

Words in This Story

knee –n. the joint5 between the upper and lower leg

custody –n. the state of being kept in a prison or jail, or being held by police

escalate6 –v. to become worse or to make (something) worse or more severe

conscious –adj. awake and able to understand what is happening around you

choke –v. to cause (someone) to stop breathing by squeezing the throat

precision –adj. done in a very careful and exact way


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1 lawful ipKzCt     
adj.法律许可的,守法的,合法的
参考例句:
  • It is not lawful to park in front of a hydrant.在消火栓前停车是不合法的。
  • We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.我们不承认他为合法继承人。
2 custody Qntzd     
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
参考例句:
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
3 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
4 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
5 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
参考例句:
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
6 escalate biszi     
v.(使)逐步增长(或发展),(使)逐步升级
参考例句:
  • It would tempt Israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。
  • Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。

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