George Floyd restraint should have ended when he stopped resisting: sergeant

A retired Minneapolis police sergeant on duty during George Floyd’s fatal arrest said cops should have let him get up after he “was no longer offering resistance.”

Former Police Sgt. David Pleoger, the supervising officer on May 25, testified at the murder trial of ex-cop Derek Chauvin Thursday that Chauvin and three other cops kept Floyd pinned down longer than allowed under department police or training. “Sir, based on your review of the body-worn camera footage, do you have an opinion on when the restraint of Mr. Floyd should have ended in this encounter?” asked Steven Schleicher, a member of the prosecution team.