{"id":418668,"date":"2021-04-13T17:58:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T21:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=418668"},"modified":"2021-04-13T17:58:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T21:58:47","slug":"chauvin-trial-prosecution-rests-defense-begins-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chauvin-trial-prosecution-rests-defense-begins-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Chauvin Trial: Prosecution rests, defense begins case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchauvin-trial-prosecution-rests-defense-begins-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=418668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2397497\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2397497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson questioned Minneapolis Park Police Officer Peter Chang as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presided, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:30 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, April 13, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The prosecution in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin rested its case. The move came after the prosecution called nearly 40 witnesses to testify over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The defense has now begun its case, starting with the testimony of a former police officer who arrested George Floyd in a separate incident back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The defense called a use of force expert, who said based on his assessment, Chauvin acted accordingly given the circumstances.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2397498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2397498\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2397498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1747.jpeg\" alt=\"In this image from video, Barry Brodd, a use of force expert testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)\" width=\"774\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1747.jpeg 774w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103674081923-373x210.jpg 373w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103674081923-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103674081923-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103674081923-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103674081923-120x67.jpg 120w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103674081923.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2397498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this image from video, Barry Brodd, a use of force expert testified as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presided, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI felt that Officer Chauvin\u2019s interactions with Mr. Floyd were following his training, following current practices of policing and were objectively reasonable,\u201d use of force expert Barry Brodd stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Use-of-force expert testifies officers trained that when they get resistance from a suspect, its safer for the officer and the suspect to put them in prone position facedown<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1382057522417262597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo in this situation, there is space limitations. Mr. Floyd was butted up against the tire of the patrol car. There was traffic still driving down the street. There were crowd issues that took the attention of the officers. Mr. Floyd, was still somewhat resisting,\u201d Brodd said. \u201cSo I think those were relatively valid reasons to keep him in the prone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also taking the stand for the defense was Floyd\u2019s friend Shawanda Hill and retired paramedic Michelle Monseng.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sens-cruz-hawley-and-lee-introduce-proposal-to-strip-mlb-of-antitrust-exemptions\/\">Sens. Cruz, Hawley And Lee Introduce Proposal To Strip MLB Of Antitrust Exemptions<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson questioned Minneapolis Park Police Officer Peter Chang as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presided, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in the trial &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312130,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1747.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Chauvin Trial: Prosecution rests, defense begins case","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1747.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Chauvin Trial: Prosecution rests, defense begins case","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}