In short, he found that Floyd’s heart stopped beating and his lungs stopped working because Chauvin and other officers compressed him against the road in a way that starved his body of oxygen. Andrew Baker explained to jurors how he concluded that the 46-year-old man’s death was a homicide caused by Chauvin's actions.īaker, Hennepin County’s chief medical examiner, said he ruled Floyd’s death was a homicide caused by “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression.” The second week of the trial ended with testimony from the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Floyd. It is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values," Arradondo told jurors.Īrradondo said it was unusual for police to take someone into custody when the alleged crime was as minor as in the case of Floyd, who was suspected of using a counterfeit $20 bill at the Cup Foods grocery store.ĬHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER STANDS BY AUTOPSY REPORT "That in no way, shape or form is anything that is by policy. He testified that Chauvin, 45, broke the department's rules and ethics code. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo opened the second week of the trial with 3-1/2 hours of testimony. POLICE CHIEF SAYS CHAUVIN VIOLATED POLICY "Addiction, in my opinion, is a lifelong struggle," she said.
She also testified about how an addiction to painkillers took hold of their life together. She told the jury about how they took walks and dined out. Through tears, Ross described the day in August of 2017 they met in a Salvation Army homeless shelter lobby, where they prayed and kissed. "That could've been one of them," Frazier said, adding that she has stayed up some nights "apologizing and apologizing to George Floyd for not doing more."įrazier cried when prosecutors showed her a frame of the video, a moment when Chauvin, his knee on Floyd’s neck, appeared to look directly into her lens.įLOYD'S GIRLFRIEND TELLS OF ROMANCE, BATTLE WITH ADDICTIONĮarly on in the prosecution's case, Floyd's girlfriend Courteney Ross, 45, took the stand where she told the jury about her romance with Floyd. Darnella Frazier told the jury that when she looked at Floyd, she saw her relatives and friends. One of the first witnesses called was a teenager who recorded the cellphone video viewed by millions worldwide showing Floyd's death. TEEN WHO FILMED FLOYD'S DEATH DESCRIBES EXPERIENCE Here are some of those key moments of the nearly three-week trial: April 16 (Reuters) - Closing arguments are expected on Monday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest.
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