Apr. 08, 2021National MORE In this courtroom sketch, pulmonologist Dr. Martin Tobin testifies on the ninth day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 8, 2021. Photo by REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Pulmonologist Dr. Martin Tobin testified this morning in the trial against former Minneapolis police officer Dereck Chauvin, the man accused of killing George Floyd. He said, “Mr. Floyd died from a low level of oxygen. And this caused damage to his brain that we see, and it also caused a PEA [pulseless electrical activity] arrhythmia that caused his heart to stop.”
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You watching the trial of the now ex-Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, the person I call the “knee man?”
That’s what he was. Chauvin’s on trial for the murder of George Floyd, but I’m wondering how the defense is going to play this. Say that Chauvin’s knee acted independently?
The evidence is piling up. In Monday’s testimony, no less than the Minneapolis Chief of Police Medaria Arradondo said that Chauvin’s actions were in violation of “our principles and values that we have.”
In other words, the placing of the knee to the neck of Floyd, who was face down with hands cuffed behind his back, was “in no way, shape or form part of police policy or training.”
The Derek Chauvin Trial Day Six
Anastasia Katz, American Renaissance, April 6, 2021
Editor’s Note: See our coverage of the first day of the trial here, the second day here, and the third day here, the fourth day here, and the fifth day here.
Day Six started with an intriguing but mysterious ruling by the judge that there had been no juror misconduct. He did not say what the misconduct might have been.
Before the jury came in, the prosecution objected to the admission of the entirety of some officer bodycam video. Judge Peter Cahill asked if a particular piece of video was a way to get Floyd’s state of mind in “through the back door.” Earlier, he had ruled that Floyd’s state of mind is not relevant. The judge allowed one video of Officers Lane and Kueng, but not another.
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Monday’s testimony in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin consisted of a lengthy exegesis on how to transform policing in the 21st century, as well as the remarkable sight of a police chief sealing the fate of a former officer. Both of these features came courtesy of Minneapolis Chief of Police Medaria Arradondo, whose unequivocal condemnation of Chauvin’s actions that led to the death of George Floyd was the strongest evidence yet presented by the prosecution. You simply never see high-level police officials deliver this kind of testimony against one of their own.
EXPLAINER: Minneapolis chief has sought to reform department
TAMMY WEBBER, AMY FORLITI and STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press
April 5, 2021
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1of11In this image from video, witness Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Monday, April 5, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek 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)APShow MoreShow Less
2of11In this image from video, witness Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Monday, April 5, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek 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)APShow MoreShow Less