Prosecutor Cracks Blue Wall of Silence on Floyd’s Accused Killer

Prosecutors led by Minnesota Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank are cracking the Blue Wall of Silence in the trial of George Floyd’s accused killer, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, which was “totally unnecessary,” Minneapolis Police Department Lt. Richard Zimmerman said Friday when being questioned by Frank.

“Holding him down to the ground face down and putting your knee on the neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for,” said Zimmerman, a homicide investigator called to the scene. “I saw no reason why the officers ...