this is just the opening statements. it is the beginning. mr. jerry blackwell, the lead prosecutor i thought making an effective methodical presentation about the final nine minutes and 29 seconds of mr. floyd s life. essentially saying that whatever you think happened here what you see with your own eyes is indefensible. eric nelson the defense attorney saying this is a lot more than that, there floyd was there for a long period of time. he lied to police officers, he was high. he struggled with police officers and you have to take into account the officers were dealing with a crowd that they at least perceived to be a threat. just as a veteran attorney your sense so far of the opening statements. i give no weight to the defense s opening statement whatsoever because the bulk of their statements have to do with that very notion of a crowd, of information that they would have known perhaps about whether george floyd actually had illegal substances in his body. these are thi
him the device was doing compressions at the time. you saw at some point the possibility of pulsice electrical activity, right? yes, we would pause to do a pulse check and it looked like a rhythm change and i was able to de defib that. just to be clear, i mean, when somebody is in the state that you are describing, are you looking for any opportunity to, you know, administer a shock or provide additional treatment that you might be able to? yes, he s a human being and i was trying to give him a second chance at life. ultimately were you able to generate a pulse or any positive change from that shock that was administered? sorry, could you repeat that, please. did anything change after that shock? did anything get better with mr. floyd? no. ultimately, when you arrived at the hospital, what did you do at that point? when we got to the hospital we provided a report to the staff with the information i had and the treatments rendered. what was mr. floyd
and was the lucas device giving compressions. the lucas device was giving compressions at the time. initially he was in asystole and you at some point saw on the monitor that there was the possibility of pulses electrical activity, is that right? correct. we would pause lucas, do a pulse check. it looked like a rhythm check with the pulses, and i elected to defibrillate that and he remained on his quote, unquote, dead state and we continued on with the cardiac arrest. and so just to be clear, i mean, when someone is in the state that you re describing, are you looking for any opportunity to administer a shock or provide additional treatment that you might be able to? yes. he s a human being and i was trying to give him a second chance at life. but ultimately were you able to generate a pulse or any positive change from that shock that was administered? sorry. can you repeat that, please? did anything change after that shock? did anything get better with mr.