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LIVE: Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Continues in Minneapolis Over Death of George Floyd

LIVE: Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Continues in Minneapolis Over Death of George Floyd WorldViralMedia 13 Ansichten • 5 Jahre vor

(Apr. 9) George Floyd died of a lack of oxygen from the way he was held down by police, a retired forensic pathologist testified Friday at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.

The testimony of Lindsey Thomas, who retired in 2017 from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office in Minneapolis, bolstered the accounts of other experts on Thursday who rejected the defense theory that Floyd’s drug use and underlying health problems killed him.

Thomas did not work on Floyd’s case but agreed with the findings of her former colleague Hennepin County Medical Examiner Andrew Baker that Floyd died from cardiopulmonary arrest complicated by the way law enforcement restrained him and compressed his neck.

But she went further in saying “the primary mechanism of death is asphyxia, or low oxygen.”

“This is a death where both the heart and lungs stopped working. The point is, it’s due to law enforcement subdual, restraint and compression,” Thomas said. “The activities of the law enforcement officers resulted in Mr. Floyd’s death.”

Thomas said she reached her conclusion primarily from the video, which showed Floyd “in a position where he was unable to adequately breathe.”

The autopsy itself ruled out heart attack, aneurysm, COVID-19 and other factors, and Thomas said the video showed it was not a fentanyl overdose death.

Her testimony came a day after other medical experts also said Floyd died of a lack of oxygen.

“A healthy person subjected to what Mr. Floyd was subjected to would have died,” prosecution witness Dr. Martin Tobin, a lung and critical care specialist at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital and Loyola University’s medical school in Illinois, testified Thursday.

Tobin said the lack of oxygen resulted in brain damage and caused Floyd’s heart to stop.

Chauvin, 45, is charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death May 25 after kneeling on him for what prosecutors say was 9 1/2 minutes. Floyd was arrested outside a neighborhood market after being accused of trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill.

Bystander video of Floyd crying that he couldn’t breathe as onlookers yelled at the white officer to get off him sparked protests and scattered violence around the U.S.

Chauvin attorney Eric Nelson has argued that Chauvin did what he was trained to do and that Floyd’s death was caused by illegal drugs and underlying medical problems, including high blood pressure and heart disease. An autopsy found fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system.

Using easy-to-understand language to explain medical concepts and even loosening his necktie to illustrate a point, Tobin told the jury that Floyd’s breathing was severely constricted while Chauvin and two other Minneapolis officers held the 46-year-old Black man down on his stomach with his hands cuffed behind him and his face jammed against the ground.

Tobin, analyzing images of the three officers restraining Floyd for what prosecutors say was almost 9 1/2 minutes, testified that Chauvin’s knee was “virtually on the neck” more than 90% of the time.

He said several other factors also made it difficult for Floyd to breathe: officers lifting up on the suspect’s handcuffs, the hard pavement, his prone position, his turned head and a knee on his back.

Tobin also testified that just because Floyd was talking and can be seen moving on video doesn’t mean he was breathing adequately. He said a leg movement seen in the footage was an involuntary sign of a fatal brain injury, and that a person can continue to speak until the airway narrows to 15%, after which “you are in deep trouble.”

Officers can be heard on video telling Floyd that if he can talk, he can breathe.

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Brooklyn Center Police Chief and Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Resign

Brooklyn Center Police Chief and Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Resign WorldViralMedia 13 Ansichten • 5 Jahre vor

A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city's chief of police resigned Tuesday, moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest.

Officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon both resigned two days after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center. Potter, a 26-year veteran, had been on administrative leave following Sunday’s shooting, which happened as the Minneapolis area was already on edge over the trial of the first of four police officers in George Floyd’s death.

Gannon has said he believed Potter mistakenly grabbed her gun when she was going for her Taser. She can be heard on her body camera video shouting “Taser! Taser!”

Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said he was “appreciative” that Potter submitted her resignation but that he had not asked for it. Elliott said he was not sure if it was because she had heard that she would soon be fired. He said he hoped her resignation would “bring some calm to the community,” but that he would keep working towards “full accountability under the law.”

“That's what we're going to continue to work for,” Elliott said. “We have to make sure that justice is served, justice is done. Daunte Wright deserves that, his family deserves that.”

The mayor said the new police leadership was committed to working with community leaders and protesters, who say Wright was racially profiled.

“We're hoping that we're turning over a new leaf now,” he said. “I'm confident of that now.”

Wright was shot as police were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant.

“I’ll Tase you! I’ll Tase you! Taser! Taser! Taser!” the officer is heard shouting on her body cam footage released Monday. She draws her weapon after the man breaks free from police outside his car and gets back behind the wheel.

After firing a single shot from her handgun, the car speeds away, and the officer is heard saying, “Holy (expletive)! I shot him.”

Potter, a 26-year veteran, sent a one-paragraph letter of resignation.

“I have loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the best interest of the community, the department, and my fellow officers if I resign immediately,” Potter wrote.

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Attorney Ben Crump speaks with families of Daunte Wright and George Floyd in Minneapolis

Attorney Ben Crump speaks with families of Daunte Wright and George Floyd in Minneapolis WorldViralMedia 13 Ansichten • 5 Jahre vor

A Sunday afternoon traffic stop turned to tragedy when a Brooklyn Center officer pulled her gun and shot a young man in the chest, killing him.

That man was 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

Wright, a Black man, was pulled over just before 2 p.m. Sunday, April 11 for having expired tabs on his license plate, according to Brooklyn Center police. Officers said they realized he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest during the stop.

Police attempted to take Wright into custody, but he re-entered his car and police body camera shows white police officer Kim Potter pull her gun and shoot once. According to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, Wright died from a gunshot wound to his chest.

On Monday night the community gathered with members of Wright's family to remember him.

A local minister spoke to the crowd through a loudspeaker, asking, "Isn't this child's life worth more than that of an accident?"

The Brooklyn Center police chief said he believes Potter thought she was reaching for her Taser when she grabbed her gun, and had not intended to fatally shoot him. Brooklyn Center police released that bodycam video Monday. You can read more about the video's contents and watch parts of it here.

Wright's mother spoke Katie at the Monday evening vigil, thanking everyone for coming, even though many of them had never met her son.

Katie said, "He was a son, he was a brother, he was an uncle, he was a grandson and he was so much more."

Daunte's brother expressed his frustration. He called his younger brother one of the best kids he's ever known. Then he shared how giving Daunte was. "Everybody who knows Daunte knows what type of kid he is. He would give you the shirt off his back."

As a student Daunte worked with Project Success, a non-profit that helps Minneapolis school students plan for their futures. The program remembered him in a post to social media.

"His Facilitator shared that he lit up the room in our classroom workshops. We are heartbroken and thinking of his family, friends, and community, as well as working to support our team as we all process and grieve the loss of another Black life," one tweet read.

A GoFundMe account has been started to pay for Daunte's funeral, and to support the young son he leaves behind. As of Tuesday morning, the fund had raised more than $240,000.

The family of George Floyd will join the family of Daunte Wright at noon on Tuesday for a news conference arranged by Ben Crump, a prominent civil rights lawyer who will legally represent the family going forward. https://bit.ly/3aaA5AJ

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