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What happened to him? : Derek Chauvin trial sees chaotic new bodycam footage of George Floyd s friends watching his fatal arrest as one tells the court she struggled to wake him up in his car outside Cup Foods moments before he was killed
The defense mounted its case for Derek Chauvin s acquittal on Tuesday morning in Minneapolis
The jury was shown new video recorded by the body-camera of Minneapolis Park Police Officer Peter Chang
Chang arrived on the scene after two officers had already confronted George Floyd outside Cup Foods
The video showed Floyd s friends Shawanda Hill and Morries Hall watching his arrest
Barry Brodd, a former cop and use-of-force expert, testified for Derek Chauvin s defense on Tuesday
Brodd said in his view Chauvin did not use deadly force against George Floyd
He said Chauvin s holding Floyd on the pavement, face down, for nine minutes and 29 seconds was not a use of force but a control technique
It doesn t hurt, Brodd said of the restraint. It s safe for the officer, safe for the suspect
But on cross examination Brodd conceded that the restraint could in fact hurt and constitute use of force
However he argued that Floyd was clearly non-compliant because a compliant person would have both their hands in the small of their back and be resting comfortably
Medical examiner who performed George Floyd s autopsy says Chauvin s knee would NOT cut off his oxygen and claims he died because having his neck compressed was just more than he could take, given underlying heart disease
Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker took the stand Friday in the tenth day of Derek Chauvin s murder trial
Dr. Baker, one of the state s most significant witnesses, did not echo the testimonies of other state experts
Asked if, in his opinion, the positioning of Chauvin s knee would cut off Floyd s oxygen supply, Dr. Baker said, In my opinion it would not
The Derek Chauvin Trial Day Eight
Anastasia Katz, American Renaissance, April 8, 2021
Editor’s Note: See our coverage of the first day of the trial here, the second day here, and the third day here, the fourth day here, the fifth day here, the sixth day here, and the seventh day here.
Day eight began with continued testimony from the prosecution’s paid use-of-force expert, Sergeant Jody Stiger. He is a black man who spent his law-enforcement career with the Los Angeles Police Department. Yesterday, he began his testimony by saying he thought Mr. Chauvin had used excessive force on George Floyd.