Crowd, the group of people that have gathered around and were watching affected the officers in their use of force . So i kind of go back to the Situational Awareness issue is that, yes, the officers are dealing with mr. Floyd, but theres also other factors for them to consider. And in this case the crowds started to grow in size, started to become more vocal. So now officers are always trained to deal with, right so what threat is the biggest threat . Is the suspect on the ground in front of me in handcuffs that we have relatively controlled or is it the unknown threat posed by the crowd that could go from verbal to trying to interfere with my arrest process in a matter of seconds . Did you factor that into your analysis of this case . I did. How so . I could see that officer chauvins focus started to move from mr. Floyd to the crowd. To one point i think officer chauvin felt threatened enough he withdrew his pepper spray canister and gave verbal commands to the crowd to stay back, so
Card cardiac arrhythmia due to his hypertensive Heart Disease, and can you write that down multiple ways, during his restraint or residual restraint by the police, and his significant contributary differences, he would have the toxicology, the fe fentanyl and methamphetamine, and theres exposure to a vehicle exhaust, so potentially Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Lets discuss what we have heard today, cedric alexander, and laura coates. It was not Derek Chauvin, it was something else, and this medical expert, a former medical examiner in the state of maryland, he is saying its all of the above but its not officer chauvin in his view. Well, you know, as a prosecutor you look at this and how they have pretempted all of these things, and its not the first time we are hearing about drug use and its not the first time we are hearing about any of these conditions and the prosecution did a great job of preemtinge powerful expert testimony to counter what is being said right now, and hes saying dur
Prosecution witness, a pulmonologist with impeccable credentials who made clear that, in his opinion, george floyd died from the officers actions, not from anything else. Thats the moment the life goes out of his body. Reporter today, the prosecutors expert medical witness did not hold back. Mr. Floyd died from a low level of oxygen. And this caused damage to his brain that we see, and it also caused a p. E. A. Arrhythmia that caused his heart to stop. Reporter the worldrenowned expert on breathing and lungs, dr. Martin tobin, said george floyd died because the officers created a scenario in which floyds lungs were put in a vicelike grip. Almost to the effect as if the surgeon had gone in and removed the lung. Not quite, but along those lines. Reporter he said four things caused floyd to stop breathing, including floyds position on the concrete, allowing no room for his lungs to expand. You mentioned several reasons for mr. Floyds low oxygen. You mentioned handcuffs and the street, rig
In less than half an hour. Lets get the very latest on matt finn in minneapolis on how this is playing out. Matt . Behind us is where the courtroom where the trial played out. You can see the razor while here as weve been reporting. The security has been intense in minneapolis. The past day or two, weve noticed it growing. Theres National Guard all over the city and including places like retail areas and high foot traffic areas. For a couple of blocks around the courthouse, really has been a ghost town. Corporate buildings boarded up, stores boarded up. Intense security, preparing for the verdict that is now here. Operation safety act, which was combining local and federal authorities along with Neighboring Police departments, theyll give us an update. The jury is made of seven women, five men. The ages between 20 and 60 years old. 44 witnesses in 14 days of trial. The prosecution and closing arguments yesterday arguing and making its final pitch to the jury, Derek Chauvin murdered geo
And the pressure that he was that was being caused by the body weight to cause positional asphyxia which could cause death. Is positional asphyxia a known risk in Law Enforcement . Yes, it is. Lounge have dangers of positional asphyxia been known . At least 20 years. Mr. Nelson brought up the surrounding neighborhood, bystanders and the neighborhood. Every time an officer responds to a call there is an inherent risk. Correct. A reasonable officer has to be prepared for that risk level to change . Correct. And our team is in place. Joining me now is Shaq Brewster in minneapolis, civil rights attorney David Henderson, chair of princetons Department African studies. Welcome all. Shaq, lapd officer jody steiger. What does the pool report tell you about how the jury is attending to his testimony on crossexam today . This was one of the first expert witnesses not from the Minneapolis Police department. We had several days of Minneapolis Police officers coming and testifying. According to the