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issue. i ll read part of what the prosecutor said today in opening statement. she said each of the three officers made a conscious choice over and over again. they chose not to intervene and stop chauvin as he killed a man. they chose not to protect george floyd, the man they handcuffed. the charges here failing to render medical aid to george floyd as he lay on the pavement gets to the key issue you heard from that juror, don. that is what we expect prosecutors to continue to talk about that when george floyd was not a threat to those officers they were responsible for him. certainly as we saw in the state trial this didn t warrant the type of force that ultimately took his life. josh campbell, appreciate it. we ll be right back. thanks.
deliberately were indifferent to the serious medical needs that floyd was showing under the knee of derek chauvin and specifically that thao and kueng did not intervene or try to stop derek chauvin. the prosecutor said over the course of her opening statement that each made a conscious choice over and over again. they chose not to intervene and stop chauvin as he killed a man. they chose not to protect george floyd, the man they handcuffed. then went on to tell the jury, you ll see the ambulance arrive, and it wasn t the defendants that got chauvin off of floyd, it was those first responders. now, i should also mention all of these former officers have pleaded not guilty to these charges. their defenses ranged from, well, the video and what the crowd saw didn t tell the full story of what happened, that they tried to do something but were shut down by chauvin. and that they were deferring to the senior officer on the scene in chauvin. i should also note chauvin is not a defendant in th
but pleaded guilty to his charges last month and now his proceedings will be happening separately. omar, do we expect any of these three former police officers to testify during the course of this federal trial? reporter: as we heard from thomas lane s attorney in opening statements, lane is expected to testify in his own defense over the course of this. remember, he s not charged with failing to intervene and stop chauvin, because as his attorney argued, there were multiple points where he tried to intervene. for one, suggesting to chauvin that they put an added restraint, a hobble on floyd that would have propped him up on his side and chauvin said no. his attorney also argued there was another point where he asked chauvin if they should turn floyd on his side and chauvin said, no, he s staying put. that s likely why they want him on the stand. the prosecution will likely try to paint him into a corner, back him into their bottom line as part of their argument that you
when there is no longer a threat they then have to treat and care for the person that they are responsible for. there is no indication we learned in the state trial that george floyd warranted deadly force but that gets to the key issue. i ll read part of what the prosecutor said today in opening statement. she said each of the three officers made a conscious choice over and over again. they chose not to intervene and stop chauvin as he killed a man. they chose not to protect george floyd, the man they handcuffed. the charges here failing to render medical aid to george floyd as he lay on the pavement gets to the key issue you heard from that juror, don. that is what we expect prosecutors to continue to talk about that when george floyd was not a threat to those officers they were responsible for him. certainly as we saw in the state trial this didn t warrant the type of force that ultimately took his life. josh campbell, appreciate it. we ll be right back. thanks. pressure. they m