Watch live as trial of George Floyd’s alleged killer continues in court
The trial of former Minneapolispolice officer Derek Chauvin enters its fourth day on Thursday, after jurors were shown video of George Floyd pleading nearly 30 times about being unable to breathe as he called for his mother during his fatal arrest last year.
Police video played in court on day three of the trial revealed that after an ambulance took the 46-year-old victim away, Chauvin, who had pinned his knee to the victim’s neck, defended himself to a bystander by saying Floyd was “a sizable guy” and “probably on something”. The day ended with the jury watching videos of Floyd’s arrest and death repeatedly for more than an hour, each captured from a slightly different angle by the body-cameras worn by the responding officers and CCTV footage.
The trial is expected to last one month, and has already featured compelling testimony from witnesses who described their emotional recollection of the events that transpired before Floyd was killed.
A former Minneapolis police sergeant who was called to the scene of George Floyd’s arrest to do an initial use of force review told jurors in the Derek Chauvin murder trial on Thursday that police could’ve let up Mr Floyd sooner once he stopped resisting arrest.
“When Mr Floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could’ve ended their restraint,” David Pleoger said.
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Check out The Independent’s live updates and analysis from day four of the Derek Chauvin trial below.
