Cause of death examined as Floyd murder trial enters second week 06/04/2021|2min
The trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin who is charged with the murder of George Floyd has entered its second week.
The court has heard from the doctor who pronounced the 46-year-old dead half an hour after he was brought to emergency.
Dr. Bradford Langenfeld said he received a report from paramedics detailing what happened at the scene.
The report revealed Mr Floyd did not have a pulse when they arrived and did not receive any CPR from bystanders or police.
He also noted paramedics did not say whether they thought he overdosed or had a heart attack but Dr Langenfeld says he most likely died of suffocation.
George Floyd arrest breached Minneapolis police policy, chief says in Derek Chauvin murder trial
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Chief of Minneapolis Police Department says Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd s neck violated departmental policy
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The police actions immediately prior to the death of George Floyd violated Minneapolis police policy, according to court testimony from the force s police chief.
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Mr Chauvin s former employer has said his actions breached their policies
His defence team claims Mr Floyd s drug use contributed to his death
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In 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.
(CNN) Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo on Monday thoroughly rejected Derek Chauvin’s actions during the arrest of George Floyd last May as contrary to department policy.
“Once Mr. Floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped,” Arradondo testified during Chauvin’s criminal trial.
The Minneapolis police chief who called George Floyd's death “murder” soon after it happened testified that Officer Derek Chauvin had clearly violated department policy when he pinned Floyd's neck beneath his knee for more than 9 minutes.