(CNN) The Minneapolis Police Department's top homicide detective testified that kneeling on George Floyd's neck after he had been handcuffed was "totally unnecessary," saying that "if your knee is on someone's neck -- that could kill them." Chauvin made the call shortly after kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes on May 25 to explain his version of what happened. "I was just going to call and have you come out to our scene here," Chauvin told Pleoger. Later that night, at the Hennepin County Medical Center, Chauvin told his supervisor that he had knelt on Floyd's neck, Pleoger told the jury. Bravinder motioned for Chauvin to lift his knee off Floyd to get him on a stretcher and in the ambulance.

Source: CNN April 02, 2021 15:49 UTC