Derek Chauvin trial: Was officer's knee on George Floyd's neck authorized?
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A critical factor for jurors to consider at a former Minneapolis police officer's trial in George Floyd's death is whether he violated the department's policy on neck restraints when he knelt on Floyd's neck.
Here is a look at the policy, which was a focus of testimony Monday, and how it could factor into a verdict for Chauvin, who is charged with murder and manslaughter: WHAT NECK RESTRAINTS DID MINNEAPOLIS POLICE AUTHORIZE? The department policy, in place for at least eight years at the time, divided permissible neck restraints into two categories, according to court filings and testimony Monday by the city police chief, Medaria Arradondo. Neck restraints were defined in the policy as a "non-deadly force option."
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