[ inaudible ] and when i listened, she [ inaudible ], she did not apologize at all. Thats a problem with accepting her resignation, she did not apologize. She needs to apologize and i think she needs to be fired. Mayor, we ask that charges be pressed. We know that she has ties to Police Unions as well and we are calling on the governor to call on the attorney general to bring charges just as they did for the other officer that accidentally shot a civilian. Immediately, if you want peace on the streets we need to see justice. Absolutely. This case needs to be given to appointed to the attorney general, so i am calling on the governor to exercise his authority and to move this case from Washington County to under the jurisdiction of the attorney general. [ applause ] [ inaudible ] . Im sorry . Are you saying you wont accept her resignation . Not necessarily. In cases like this when theres a policeinvolved shooting, and in our case it would be go to the Hennepin County attorney, mike free
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
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 crowd 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 it the suspect on the ground in front of me in handcuffs that we have relative control 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 did it how so . I could see officer chauvins focus started to move from mr. Floyd to the crowd. To at one point i think officer chauvin felt threatened enough that he withdrew his pepper spray canister and gave verbal commands to the crowd to step back. So, just to kind of wrap up, could you summarize the final opinions that you have made in this case . I felt that officer chauvins inte
On the stand, Sergeant Jody stiger, and he has been unequivocal. He said the crowd size did not add to the threat level. He said the officer should have known the amount of strength of use he was using put floyd at risk of dying. Do you have an opinion to a degree of reasonable and professional certainty how much force was reasonable for the defendant to use on mr. Floyd after mr. Floyd was handcuffed and placed in the prone position and not resisting . Yes. What is that opinion . My opinion is that no force should have been used once he was in that position. Trial to resume any moment now, and with us is laura coates and former d. C. Police chief, chief charles ramsey. Laura, let me start with you. This is always a tough call for the prosecution. How many witnesses do you bring and how many outside experts do you try to bring to back up your testimony . Your take so far on the effectiveness or lack there of when it comes to Sergeant Stiger. You dont want the jurors thinking this is al