Chauvin defense attorney Eric Nelson compares "elements" of a criminal case to "baking chocolate chip cookies" in his closing argument.
“If you are talking, you are breathing.” — Chauvin defense attorney Eric Nelson, in his closing argument, references George Floyd's repeated calls of “I can’t breathe.”
(The prosecution’s witness, pulmonologist Dr. Martin Tobin, testified against this.)
Chauvin defense attorney Eric Nelson says "a reasonable police officer" will consider that some people "pretend to have a medical emergency ... simply because they don’t want to go to jail."
He adds: "Unfortunately, that is the reality."
Derek Chauvin's defense attorney Eric Nelson says Chauvin "made a decision not to use higher levels of force … including punches, kicks, elbows. All of these tools were available to Officer Chauvin."
Defense attorney Eric Nelson on Chauvin putting George Floyd in the “prone position” — body flat on the ground, chest down:
“People sleep in the prone position, people suntan in the prone position, people get massages in the prone position...”
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