Jurors shown video at ex-officer’s trial in Floyd’s death

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The video of George Floyd gasping for breath was essentially Exhibit A as the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee on the Black man’s neck went on trial Monday on charges of murder and manslaughter.

Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell showed the jurors the footage at the earliest opportunity, during opening statements, after telling them that the number to remember was 9 minutes, 29 seconds — the amount of time officer Derek Chauvin had Floyd pinned to the pavement last May.

The white officer “didn’t let up” even after a handcuffed Floyd said 27 times that he couldn’t breathe and went limp, Blackwell said in the case that triggered worldwide protests, scattered violence and national soul-searching over racial justice.

“He put his knees upon his neck and his back, grinding and crushing him, until the very breath — no, ladies and gentlemen — until the very life was squeezed out of him,” the prosecutor said.

https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-trial-live-updates-7423d17dfc00daa660fce0b35b87a163
 
The prosecutor said the case was “not about split-second decision-making” by a police officer but excessive force against someone who was handcuffed and not resisting.

Blackwell said the Fire Department employee wanted to help but was warned off by Chauvin, who pointed Mace at her.

“She wanted to check on his pulse, check on Mr. Floyd’s well-being,” the prosecutor said. “She did her best to intervene. ... She couldn’t help.”
 
No doubt our RW friends will now scream that this was prejudicial to the defendant and moan about his not getting a fair trial.

I'm very glad that I'm not on that jury.
 
The prosecutor said the case was “not about split-second decision-making” by a police officer but excessive force against someone who was handcuffed and not resisting.

Blackwell said the Fire Department employee wanted to help but was warned off by Chauvin, who pointed Mace at her.

“She wanted to check on his pulse, check on Mr. Floyd’s well-being,” the prosecutor said. “She did her best to intervene. ... She couldn’t help.”

That should be the nail in Chauvin’s coffin.

Floyd was handcuffed on the ground on his stomach, he couldn’t get up without assistance if he wanted to.

The world is watching.
 
Dispatcher Who Watched George Floyd's Death in Real Time 'Called Police on the Police': Prosecutor


A 911 dispatcher who testified Monday in the trial of Derek Chauvin said she "was concerned that something might be wrong" as she watched surveillance images of Floyd's detention in real time from afar while the officer "sat on this man."

Scurry said said the length of Floyd's restraint went on for so long as she watched, she asked another whether the "screens had frozen."

She said she brought the use of force to the attention of a police sergeant, after "gut instinct" made her feel that what she was seeing was not normal.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...d-police-on-the-police-prosecutor/ar-BB1f60Wo
 
That should be the nail in Chauvin’s coffin.

Floyd was handcuffed on the ground on his stomach, he couldn’t get up without assistance if he wanted to.

The world is watching.


The dispatcher testified that she saw violence by the cops and called a sergeant. She said she never had to do that before.
 
Dispatcher Who Watched George Floyd's Death in Real Time 'Called Police on the Police': Prosecutor


A 911 dispatcher who testified Monday in the trial of Derek Chauvin said she "was concerned that something might be wrong" as she watched surveillance images of Floyd's detention in real time from afar while the officer "sat on this man."

Scurry said said the length of Floyd's restraint went on for so long as she watched, she asked another whether the "screens had frozen."

She said she brought the use of force to the attention of a police sergeant, after "gut instinct" made her feel that what she was seeing was not normal.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...d-police-on-the-police-prosecutor/ar-BB1f60Wo

That's horrible.

I'm surprised that they didn't fire her for that.
 
No doubt our RW friends will now scream that this was prejudicial to the defendant and moan about his not getting a fair trial.

I'm very glad that I'm not on that jury.

I’m ok with showing the video.

My only criticism would be along the lines of the Big Tech algorithm that says ‘lacks context’.
 
huh? Context is the whole trial and evidence.

And some of that evidence claims Floyd had a potentially lethal dose of Fentanyl on board. He complained of shortness of breath while sitting in the squad car. Chauvin’s offense was in not recognizing signs of respiratory distress. The jury has yet to hear that evidence.

There’s definitely a risk of over-charge here and if the jury fails to render ‘the proper verdict’ we all know what comes next. I guess we’ll see how Biden handles that.
 
And some of that evidence claims Floyd had a potentially lethal dose of Fentanyl on board. He complained of shortness of breath while sitting in the squad car. Chauvin’s offense was in not recognizing signs of respiratory distress. The jury has yet to hear that evidence.

There’s definitely a risk of over-charge here and if the jury fails to render ‘the proper verdict’ we all know what comes next. I guess we’ll see how Biden handles that.

Coroner said drugs were not the cause of death.
 
That should be the nail in Chauvin’s coffin.

Floyd was handcuffed on the ground on his stomach, he couldn’t get up without assistance if he wanted to.

The world is watching.

There isn't any defense for what Chavin did. Whether he was trained to kill Floyd or it was an accident or he murdered that man on purpose, he is accountable. He has to be convicted; and he has to go to prison.
 
From what I've been reading the prosecutor plans to show the entire thing including video from officers' body cams.

He did. He showed a longer video from a different angle that the public had not seen before today -- uncensored. It was horrific. They apparently have a lot of video. It's not difficult to imagine what would have happened if no one had cameras on their phones.
 
And some of that evidence claims Floyd had a potentially lethal dose of Fentanyl on board. He complained of shortness of breath while sitting in the squad car. Chauvin’s offense was in not recognizing signs of respiratory distress. The jury has yet to hear that evidence.

There’s definitely a risk of over-charge here and if the jury fails to render ‘the proper verdict’ we all know what comes next. I guess we’ll see how Biden handles that.

There's also the suspicion that the police had whilst taking Floyd into custody that he had Excited Delirium Syndome which renders him a serious danger to the police. (I think that was HIGHLY likely given the high-dose coctail of psychactive drugs he had injested and his observable behaviour and facial affect in the police body cam videos I have watched). Chavin was aware of this possibility ( as he and he three co-defendant officers can be heard discussing ExDS in one of the videos from a police body cam recording of the entire Floyd arrest incident) and given he was a relatively small man relative to Floyd who was in comparisan a much taller and extremely muscular/strong person, this could explain the length of time he kept Floyd immobilized in the knee/neck restraint he applied. Note as well, the the knee/neck restraint was a technique approved for use by the Minneapolis PD in their Officer Training Manual. Whether or not it should be is academic in this case. Chauvin used the restraint legally, and in precisely the kind of circumstances that the training manual stated that it could/should be used.


Floyd complains of shortness of breath many times throughout the entire process of his arrest, and, while Chauvin is applying the Knee /Neck restraint. He complains of this loudly and clearly. It is a symptom of Fentanyl overdose. It was not a shortness of breath due to his trachea/windpipe being clamped shut by Chauvin's knee, if it was, Floyd would not be able to speak clearly (or even at all) ?


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