Use-of-force expert testifies that he did not perceive crowd as a threat
Los Angeles Police Sergeant Jody Stiger, a use-of-force expert who analyzed the Floyd incident after his death, testified that the crowd gathered at the scene was not a threat.
Stiger was asked by the prosecuting attorney to define a hostile crowd based on his own experience as a police officer. I would define hostile crowd in the situations I ve been in where the crowd or members of the crowd were threatening and/or throwing bottles and rocks at the police, he said.
Stiger was asked if name calling and foul language directed at police by the bystanders factored into his analysis of the Floyd incident. He said it did not because I did not perceive them as being a threat.
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Catch up on what has happened in the Derek Chauvin trial so far
A general view on Monday, April 5 shows the Hennepin County Government Center where Derek Chauvin s trial is taking place, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
It is day seven of testimony at the Derek Chauvin trial. We re expecting the prosecution to call more witnesses. Here s a recap of what s happened so far at the trial:
Day 1: Trial proceedings started with opening statements from the prosecution and defense. Prosecutors revealed that Chauvin was on Floyd s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds an update on the initially reported 8 minutes and 46 seconds. After opening statements, jurors heard from three witnesses, including a 911 dispatcher, an employee from a nearby gas station and a professional mixed martial arts fighter who stumbled upon the scene.
Here s what paramedics say happened at the scene when they arrived and treated Floyd Pool
Dr. Bradford Wankhede Langenfeld, an emergency physician at Hennepin County Medical Center who provided treatment to George Floyd, said the paramedics who brought Floyd to the hospital gave him a report detailing what happened on the scene.
The report said emergency responders were originally called for a lower type of acute event of facial trauma but then that was upgraded to a call for an individual in distress, according to Langenfeld.
He said the report noted Floyd did not have a pulse when paramedics arrived and they started CPR.
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