🔴 Day 5 of Derek Chauvin's trial is soon to be underway in Minneapolis
Here’s a look back on day four’s proceedings 🧵👇
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Here’s a look back on day four’s proceedings 🧵👇
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🔴 Witness: David Pleoger
The now-retired Minneapolis Police sergeant, was on duty the night Mr Floyd died and arrived on the scene after receiving a call from a 911 dispatcher who was concerned by what she had seen of Mr Floyd's arrest
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The now-retired Minneapolis Police sergeant, was on duty the night Mr Floyd died and arrived on the scene after receiving a call from a 911 dispatcher who was concerned by what she had seen of Mr Floyd's arrest
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📌 Sgt Pleoger told the court Chauvin did not tell him that he had knelt on Mr Floyd's neck upon arrival at the scene
📌 "He was going crazy," Chauvin told Sgt Pleoger in a call played to the court.
📌 Chauvin switched off his body camera for the remainder of the call
📌 "He was going crazy," Chauvin told Sgt Pleoger in a call played to the court.
📌 Chauvin switched off his body camera for the remainder of the call
📌 Sgt Pleoger suggested that Chauvin should have removed his knee from Mr Floyd's neck much earlier.
📌 He explained that Minneapolis police are trained to roll suspects onto their side to help with their breathing after they have been restrained in the prone position
📌 He explained that Minneapolis police are trained to roll suspects onto their side to help with their breathing after they have been restrained in the prone position
🔴 Witness: Derek Smith
Smith was the paramedic who treated Mr Floyd. He said he thought the 46-year-old "was dead" when he arrived at the scene of his arrest in Minneapolis last May
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Smith was the paramedic who treated Mr Floyd. He said he thought the 46-year-old "was dead" when he arrived at the scene of his arrest in Minneapolis last May
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📌 Smith said himself and another paramedic did all they could to resuscitate Mr Floyd with chest compressions but they were unable to revive him.
📌 “He’s a human being, and I was trying to give him a second chance at life,” he said
📌 “He’s a human being, and I was trying to give him a second chance at life,” he said
🔴 Witness: Seth Zachary Bravinder
Bravinder was a paramedic who treated Mr Floyd. He told the court he was unsure of Mr Floyd's condition upon arrival as “multiple officers were on top of the patient.”
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Bravinder was a paramedic who treated Mr Floyd. He told the court he was unsure of Mr Floyd's condition upon arrival as “multiple officers were on top of the patient.”
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📌 Bravinder said he could tell Mr Floyd was unresponsive "just standing from a distance".
📌 He said that the 46-year-old was "limp" when he and his colleague transferred him into their ambulance
📌 He said that the 46-year-old was "limp" when he and his colleague transferred him into their ambulance
🔴 Testimony: Courteney Batya Ross
Mr Floyd's girlfriend, Ross, is the first person who personally knew Mr Floyd to testify.
She described how the couple became addicted to opioids because of chronic pain in emotional testimony
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Mr Floyd's girlfriend, Ross, is the first person who personally knew Mr Floyd to testify.
She described how the couple became addicted to opioids because of chronic pain in emotional testimony
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📌 Ross shared details of her life with Mr Floyd, recalling his dedication to his family and love of food.
📌 She described how she first met Mr Floyd in 2017 at a Salvation Army homeless shelter in Minneapolis, where he was working as a security guard
📌 She described how she first met Mr Floyd in 2017 at a Salvation Army homeless shelter in Minneapolis, where he was working as a security guard
🔴 Defence arguments:
📌Mr Floyd's alleged drug use will be central to the case against Chauvin.
📌 The defence has argued that Mr Floyd's death was caused by fentanyl and methamphetamine found in his system and underlying health problems
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📌Mr Floyd's alleged drug use will be central to the case against Chauvin.
📌 The defence has argued that Mr Floyd's death was caused by fentanyl and methamphetamine found in his system and underlying health problems
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📌 Mr Floyd's family attacked the defence strategy yesterday, accusing Chauvin's lawyer of a character assassination.
📌A rep. for the Floyd family said the Floyd was “walking, talking, laughing, and breathing just fine before Derek Chauvin held his knee to George’s neck”
📌A rep. for the Floyd family said the Floyd was “walking, talking, laughing, and breathing just fine before Derek Chauvin held his knee to George’s neck”
📺 Court resumes for Chauvin's murder trial in Minneapolis today
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