Created: April 14, 2021 01:07 PM
3:44 p.m.
The judge has adjourned the day in court. Jurors will come back tomorrow morning, starting around 9:15 to 9:30 a.m.
3:15 p.m.
Fowler says heavier people are more likely to cause injury, reflecting on Floyd s stature.
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Eric Nelson is re-directing Dr. Fowler. He’s asking about the report Blackwell brought up about positional asphyxiation.#DerekChauvinTrial Ana Lastra (@AnaViLastra) April 14, 2021
N: Did it appear to you that Mr. Chauvin then had a tight firm grip around Mr. Floyd s neck?
DF: No, actually looked very loose and the hand was actually gripping the back of the neck and the sort of spinal column area with a considerable gap in the front. #DerekChauvinTrial
Wednesday began with attorneys and Judge Peter Cahill gathering to discuss motions.
Defense attorney Eric Nelson made a motion to offer a judgment of acquittal in the case, saying the state failed to present sufficient evidence on use-of-force and the cause of George Floyd s death.
Cahill denied the motion.
The defense calls its first witness to the stand, Dr. David Fowler. He is a forensic pathologist and worked at a medical examiner s office in Maryland and now serves as a consultant.
Fowler is from Cape Town, South Africa. Fowler notes he was approached by Nelson and asked to be a part of the case. There were 13 peer reviewers . that were involved in this case, he said, noting the forensic panel was involved.
WDIO/KSTP Created: April 13, 2021 09:38 AM Peter Chang, Minneapolis Park Police |
The defense for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death is set to start presenting its case. This follows 11 days of a prosecution narrative that combined wrenching video with clinical analysis by medical and use-of-force experts to condemn Derek Chauvin’s actions.
Prosecutors called their final witnesses Monday, leaving only some administrative matters before they were expected to rest Tuesday.
Once the defense takes over, Chauvin attorney Eric Nelson is expected to have his own experts testify that it was Floyd’s drug use and bad heart, not Chauvin’s actions, that killed him.
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After Nelson finished his questioning, Blackwell took over to redirect. He asked Thomas if she remembers the hypotheticals Nelson asked. Aren t those questions, a lot like asking: this is Lincoln, if we take John Wilkes Booth out of this.
Nelson objected and Cahill sustained.
Nelson: Would you, as a physician, prescribe methamphetamine, to a person who has a 90% or 75% occlusion to his or her heart?
Cahill: You may answer if you have an opinion in that regard.
Dr. Thomas: Yeah, I don t have an opinion. #DerekChauvinTrial Ana Lastra (@AnaViLastra) April 9, 2021
10:43 a.m.
Judge Cahill has issued a 20-minute break. They will reconvene around 11:05 a.m.