Derek Chauvin Murder Trial: Live Updates On Justice In The George Floyd Case
Details on charges, legal strategy and more in the trial of the former cop charged with killing George Floyd.
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Written by BET Staff
5:15 p.m.
George Floyd’s death, Hennepin County Medical Examiner
Dr. Andrew Baker maintained under defense cross examination Friday afternoon.
Baker, a highly anticipated witness who performed the autopsy on Floyd testified acknowledging multiple medical issues that Floyd was living with before his fateful encounter with former Minneapolis policeman
Derek Chauvin and three other officers last May.
Defense lawyer
Eric Nelson continued the line of questioning that he had with other expert witnesses in an attempt to establish doubt in the minds of jurors that Chauvin kneeling on his neck was the reason Floyd could not breathe and ultimately lost consciousness and died.
6:05 p.m.
The final part of Wednesday’s testimony in the
Derek Chauvin murder trial focused on the finding of forensic scientists who participated in the investigation of the criminal case.
Much of what prosecutors and the defense chose to ask witnesses about were the pills linked to
George Floyd that were found in the squad car where officers tried to place him when he was arrested last May.
Prosecutors called to the stand
McKenzie Anderson, who is a crime scene leader with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. She testified that no evidence was collected from the scene in Minneapolis where the incident took place. Both Floyd’s vehicle and the squad car were towed to the BCA’s headquarters for processing. She performed that task on May 27, two days after Floyd’s death and took photos of the interior and exterior of the vehicles.