Minneapolis police chief on George Floyd death: 'This was murder—it wasn’t a lack of training'

MINNEAPOLIS -- Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo released a statement Monday, detailing some of the department's training history in light of the death of George Floyd.

In the statement, Chief Arradondo wrote that following a 2013 lawsuit, the department began providing additional training regarding positional asphyxia. The chief wrote that George Floyd's death was "not due to lack of training" and went on to call his death a murder.

Full statement from Chief Arradondo: