Problem and suddenly they become a problem. It can change in an instant. A reasonable Police Officer will take into consideration his immediate surroundings. Are there bystanders, civilians . A reasonable Police Officer will take into consideration who he is at the scene with. Are these veteran officers . Are they rookie officers . What do i know about my partners and my partners abilities . Throughout the course of this trial, the state has focused your attention on 9 minutes and 29 seconds. The proper analysis is to take those 9 minutes and 29 seconds and put it into the context of the totality of the circumstances that a reasonable Police Officer would know. The proper analysis starts with, what did the officer what would a reasonable officer know at the time of dispatch . These are records that have been kept. They have been introduced. You can look at them. This is exhibit 151. This is the Computer Aided Dispatch report. You heard the testimony of the 911 dispatcher. This is infor
News this morning. We have craig melvin, you have been in minneapolis now, we know that city and a lot of other cities across the country are getting ready for what could come. Yeah, National Guard troops on the ground here. They are on the ground in your own city as well and a number of major metro areas. Its a verdict that we expect to come this week. I was a a rally overnight not far from where im standing here in minneapolis and i would describe the mood on the ground as palpably anxious. There is a number of people concerned that whatever the outcome there will be unrest. Perhaps more violence. Thats the concern here, and again the concern for the number of cities around the country. The closing arguments are expected to not last very long. Were stold told that steve will go and then it will be an hour to an hour and a half as well. Then there will be a rebuttal. A p prominent attorney here in minneapolis, he was described to me a number of months ago as the Johnnie Cochran of the
4,000 calls for service for persons in crisis every single year. This is nothing new. Theyre there on a 20 counterfeiting charge. They train for this. They know about this. Now george floyd certainly had struggles. You know that. The state put into evidence of that. Courtney ross testified he struggled with opioid addiction. You into you that. And this is nothing new. The difference though on may 25, 2020, the officer wouldnt listen to him. Wouldnt look at the signs and recognize the signs of what they had prepared for. And a reasonable officer and the defendants place with all his training and all of his experience including that 40 hour crisis intervention course and subsequent refresher course, should have known that and should have recognized it. Floyd was trying to get into the car. He was trying to work up the courage. He said he would count to three. He just couldnt do it. So the defendant arrives on the scene. He surveys the scene. He gets to the car and he slips on his gloves.
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