EXPLAINER: How is officerโs duty relevant to Floyd case?
Werenโt Derek Chauvin and other officers โduty bound to deal with the arrestee as they find them?โ Cahill asked. That duty could be key at the trial that starts with opening statements Monday, especially as the defense asserts that Floyd's swallowing of pills contributed to his death. The Minneapolis Police Department sought to train its officers to minimize violence in the years before Floyd died. Floyd's death indicates the 2016 reforms in Minneapolis didn't work, he said. The officers get Floyd to the ground and hold him there.