But looked at with different eyes. The first with judgement, the second with love. Learning to love my postpartum body isn t easy, but when I see these two photos side by side I remind myself that just because I am no longer carrying our little bundle doesn t mean this body is any less special.
Similar: She placed the photo along with an image in which she was 31 weeks pregnant (right). Fiona explained: Three weeks postpartum versus 31 weeks pregnant. Two almost identical photos. But looked at with different eyes. The first with judgement, the second with love Just a reminder to all the Mummas out there to be kind to yourself, our body is truly incredible, she concluded.
In new body camera footage shown to jurors on Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, George Floyd was seen handcuffed and sitting on the street near a Chinese restaurant, giving his name and birth date to one of the first police officers who arrived at Cup Foods after a clerk called to report that Mr. Floyd had used a fake $20 bill to buy cigarettes.
The footage was from the body camera of Peter Chang, a Minneapolis Park Police officer who arrived to back up the two rookie officers who first responded to the scene, before Mr. Chauvin and his partner arrived. Officer Chang’s testimony was the first in the trial from an officer who responded to the incident before Mr. Floyd had died.
The jury has heard repeatedly that police officers are taught that restraining people facedown is dangerous. Dr. Tobin walked the jury through exactly why, explaining first that simply being in the prone position reduces lung capacity.
On top of that, a knee on the neck compressed Mr. Floyd’s airway, he said, and the weight on his back alone made it three times harder than normal to breathe.
Dr. Tobin discounted the oft-repeated adage that someone who can talk can breathe, calling it “a very dangerous mantra to have out there.”
It is technically true, he said, but “It gives you an enormous false sense of security. Certainly at the moment that you are speaking you are breathing, but it doesn’t tell you that you’re going to be breathing five seconds later.”
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Reflections of a George Floyd wall memorial; a woman holds a sign near the Hennepin County Government Center; Mr. Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd arrives for the trial; flowers and pictures on the corner near Cup Foods; the courthouse reflected in a puddle.
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Floyd’s Cause of Death Was Homicide, Medical Examiner Says
Dr. Andrew Baker, the Hennepin County medical examiner who performed the initial autopsy of George Floyd, said that there were contributing factors to Mr. Floyd’s death but that ultimately it was homicide.
Dr. Martin J. Tobin, a world renowned expert on breathing, was a key witness for the prosecution Thursday when he testified that George Floyd âdied from a low level of oxygen and this caused damage to his brain that we see and it also caused a P.E.A. arrhythmia that caused his heart to stop.â
The testimony was an attempt to discredit defense arguments that Mr. Floydâs drug use contributed to his death. Using video from the arrest, Dr. Tobin described how Derek Chauvinâs knees on Mr. Floydâs neck and side and his hold on Mr. Floydâs arms prevented Mr. Floyd from being able to breathe. He also added, âHeâs jammed down against the street, and so the street is playing a major role in preventing him from expanding his chest.â