also? i don t personally recall that, no. did the paramedic who s arrived at the registered department give you a report? they did. do you recall what they said for purposes of treating mr. floyd? i do. the report they gave us is that they were called to the scene of someone who was suffering from medical emergency. as i recall this is what i was told at the time. they were initially called for a lower type of acute event of facial trauma and then that was upgraded to individual in distress. they reported that on their arrival the individual did not have a pulse. and cpr was started. they place an i gel which is an airway device a what? a super glotic airway device, a tube that goes down into the float and can ventilate the lungs. and then they gave medications to try to resuscitate mr. floyd as cpr was on going. did they tell you that mr. floyd was in police custody? they did mention that he was being detained at the time. now did i recognize either one
possibly one or two other people. i don t remember exactly. do you recall whether there were any police officers there also? i don t personally recall that, no. did the paramedics who arrived at the emergency department give you a report? they did. do you recall what they said for purposes of treating mr. floyd? i do. the report they gave us is that they were called to the scene of someone who was suffering from medical emergency. as i recall, this is what i was told at the time, they were initially called for a lower type of aevent of facial trauma and that was upgraded to an individual in distress. they reported on their arrival, the individual did not have a pulse and cpr was started. they played an airway device. it s a tube that goes into the throat and can ventilate the lungs. then they gave medications, including epinephrin and sodium bicarbinate, to try to resuscitate mr. floyd. did they tell you mr. floyd was in police custody? they did mention he was
pain. addiction in my opinion is a lifelong struggle. going forward to may of 2020 was there a time when you thought he might be using again? yes. as we await the court proceedings to resume, which we re told will be in a few minutes, let s bring in our experts for insights so far. la laura coates, and police chief charles ramsey. laura, for someone unfamiliar with court proceedings they might think why would the prosecution bring up the fact that george floyd had a drug problem, had an opioid problem. the prosecutors know the defense would bring that up down the road. walk us through what you see as how and why the prosecutor is presenting this evidence in this way. it is a very prudent prosecutorial strategy. you don t want the defense to be able to down the road introduce new things that might cast your victim in a bad light. things about opioid addiction although we know, john, it s viewed very differently in the world today in 2021, opioid abuse is not the vilify
day. he lifted weights that are far beyond anything i could lift every single day. he did situps, push-ups, pullups. and complaints? his neck from his neck to his shoulder blade and down to his lower back, three main areas. despite that he remained physically active and would do these activities? oh, yes. when he did these things it led to his injuries that led to prescriptions for opiates? the injuries that he had to his neck. oh, yes. joining me now is shaq in minneapolis, boston globe opinion writer, kimberly atkins, chuck rosenberg and paul butler. welcome all. shaq, the reporters in the courtroom, the pool, about the testimony for tomorrow and how the jury is reacting to all of this? you got a sense from the two reporters allowed in the room as miss ross was testifying, she really connected with the jurors. she explained how floyd was a security guard and when he saw she was in distress, he came up and prayed with her. and she told about how the pain le
testified. he said she met george floyd when he worked as a security guard at the salvation army, telling people he was a good father and talking about the deep impact of the death of his own mother. he said can i pray with you? i was so tired. we had been through so much, my sons and i, and this kind person just to come up to me and say, can i pray with you when i felt alone in this lobby. it was so sweet. i called him a mama s boy. i could tell from the minute i met him. when i met him, he seemed kind of like a shell of himself, like he was broken. you ll recall george floyd on video calling out for his mama and his children as he was dying. courtney ross also told the jury that drug use was a part of their relationship, opioid addiction, something so many americans and so many families can identify with. our story, it s a classic story of how many people get addicted to opioids. we both suffer from chronic pain. mine was in my neck and his was in his back. we both ha