Posted on 04/05/2021 4:07:08 PM PDT by USA Conservative
Moments after George Floyd was taken away in an ambulance last May, former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was confronted by a witness who took issue with Chauvin’s allegedly kneeling on Floyd’s neck.
“That’s one person’s opinion,” Chauvin responded as he got into his squad car. “We had to control this guy because he’s a sizable guy. It looks like he’s probably on something.”
Jurors in the murder trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin have heard testimony from 11 witnesses so far who have recounted the death of George Floyd over the last three days.
Chauvin is facing multiple charges in connection to the May 25 death of Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody, including second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The former officer was caught on camera with his knee allegedly pinned against Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes as Floyd cried out he could not breathe.
During the trial last week for the first time, we saw images from other angles appear to show Derek Chauvin’s knee was actually on George Floyd’s back. Images below:
Today Chauvin’s lawyer decided to post the viral Facebook video side by side with the police bodycam.
Police Chief Arradondo agrees with Chauvin’s attorney that Chauvin’s knee appears to be on Floyd’s neck in the bystander video, but appears to be on his shoulder blade in the body-cam video
*video may be disturbing to some viewers*
(video uploaded on the site)
More in the video below:
In opening statements, Derek Chauvin’s defense attorney claimed that George Floyd died because of heart problems complicated by a drug overdose – and not because of a police officer’s knee on his neck.
A key autopsy report introduced as evidence in pre-trial motions reveals that drugs were indeed found in Floyd’s system.
Images from the report below:
Defense attorney Eric Nelson told the jury the autopsy found “a mixture of methamphetamine and fentanyl.”
“This is what’s called a Speedball – a mixture of an opioid and a stimulant,” Nelson said. “The evidence will show that Mr. Floyd died of a cardiac arrhythmia that occurred a result of hypertension, his coronary disease, ingestion of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and the adrenaline flowing through his body.”
Court has finished for today. The murder trial of Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, in the death of George Floyd last May, will continue. Chauvin denies all the charges against him. We’ll have a fresh blog for you tomorrow.
AAARRRGGGHH!! Time to overturn some cars and stuff, dawg!
Signs of a Fentanyl Overdose
•Low blood pressure
•Drowsiness
•Dizziness
•Limp body
•Slowed or stopped breathing
•Decreased heart rate
•Reduced or loss of consciousness
•Coma
This comes out AFTER the $27M settlement.
It doesn’t matter WHAT the jury decides. There will be looting, raping, arson, and murder after the trial is over regardless.
His point is that the facebook video makes it look like the knee was on the neck at this time when it wasn’t on the cop cam video at this time
It is possible that his knee wasn’t on is neck at other times too from the facebook video,...it just looked like it
but the knee was obviously was the neck at least SOME of the time
but everyone assumed it was there ALL of the time
WHEN did he die and of WHAT? Answer that.
It should be noted that Chauvin did admit to his supervisor/internal affairs guy he DID put his knee on the neck
also the video shown in the post was a few seconds before the EMTs arrived
but others are saying at other times he also only has his knee on shoulder blade too
He has no army of lawyers and staff to assist, so Dershowitz criticisms aside, he's doing a pretty good job!
o Dershowitz criticisms aside
what did Dershowitz say
Good job by the defense to raise doubt, but it would be better to have the double view of this scene when the guy was still alive where, camera perspective or no, it has to be on the neck because the knee is in front of the jawline closest to the camera.
Facebook doesn’t allow this story to be posted. It’s “abusive.
Dersh was commenting that the atty should have gone into more details about the medical contributions to cause of death regarding the drugs and their effects.
Shoulder blade or Neck. Neck or shoulder blade. Makes no difference. Wherever the knee was, it did not lead to Floyd’s death.
Not Guilty.
Is there an estimate of about when this trial will be over?
Well the prosecution has trotted out video after video after video for hours on end of this event.. We saw enflaming picture after picture of George being treated in the ambulance.
Defense hasn’t even presented their case yet. These are prosecution witnesses.
Facts won’t matter to the BurnLootMurder crowd.
depends on the make-up of the Jury. It may not matter what the defense shows. He may have been convicted before jury selection. These jurors know if they do not convict they and their families will be canceled!
Is there an estimate of about when this trial will be over?
during jury selection judge said 3-4 weeks
I read somewhere that the prosecution is expected to take a little over 2 weeks before handing things over to the defense
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