A cardiologist testified Monday that George Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis last year, did not die of a heart attack or a drug overdose and would have survived had he not been pinned to a city street as police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee to his neck for…
Chauvin trial: Defense begins presenting its case, calling its first witnesses
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In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, discusses motions before the court as defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, and Nelson s assistant Amy Voss, back, listen, Monday, April 12, 2021, as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over the trial of Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV, via AP, Pool)
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and last updated 2021-04-13 11:31:25-04
UPDATE, 9 a.m. ET: The defense called Michelle Moseng to the stand to also testify for the defense regarding the arrest of George Floyd on May 6, 2019. Moseng is a retired paramedic who worked in Hennepin County for 34 years. She was on the scene during Floydâs arrest.
The defense for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd s death was set to start presenting its case Tuesday, following 11 days of a
Chauvin trial: Defense begins presenting its case, calling its first witnesses
AP
In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, discusses motions before the court as defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, and Nelson s assistant Amy Voss, back, listen, Monday, April 12, 2021, as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over the trial of Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV, via AP, Pool)
By: Scripps National
and last updated 2021-04-13 12:18:03-04
UPDATE, 9:41 a.m. ET: The defense called Minneapolis Park Police Officer Peter Chang as a witness. He responded to the Cup Foods where other officers were on the scene with George Floyd.
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Updated April 13, 2021
PORTLAND, OR – APRIL 12: Protesters clash with police near a bus stop painted with the name of Daunte Wright on April 12, 2021, in Portland, Oregon.
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Fresh protests broke out Monday in Minneapolis despite a curfew implemented after a police officer fatally shot a young Black man, fueling tensions in a US city already on edge because of the George Floyd murder trial.
Dozens of protesters waved signs and chanted slogans in front of the police station in Brooklyn Center, the suburb where Sunday’s killing occurred.
Demonstrators taunted police through newly erected wire fencing around the station, and carried signs saying “Jail all racist killer cops,” “Am I next?” and “No justice, no peace.”