Chauvin used deliberate and excessive pain technique on George Floyd, police expert says

<p>Jody Stiger, a police specialist on the use of force, tells trial ‘pain compliance’ technique was used for much longer than necessary</p><p>An expert police witness has told the Derek Chauvin murder trial in Minneapolis that the accused former officer used a technique designed to deliberately inflict pain and subjected George Floyd to it for an extended period.</p><p>Sgt Jody Stiger, a Los Angeles police specialist on the use of force, said on Wednesday that video shows Chauvin applying a “pain compliance” procedure by pulling the 46-year-old Black man’s wrist into the handcuffs, which can be heard clicking tighter.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/07/derek-chauvin-trial-george-floyd-death-police-expert">Continue reading...</a>