Chauvin trial: Minnesota prosecutors play viral bystander video of George Floyd pressed to pavement
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As opening statements were underway in the trial for ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Minnesota prosecutors in the courtroom Monday replayed the viral bystander video showing Chauvin pressing his knee into George Floyd's neck for several minutes before his death last May.
In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listen as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over pre-trial motions prior to opening statements, Monday March 29, 2021, in the trial of Chauvin, in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)((Court TV via AP, Pool)) In this image from video, prosecutor Jerry Blackwell, left, speaks while defense attorney Eric Nelson, right, listens, as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides during opening statements, Monday, March 29, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool) In this image from video, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill swears in the jury, Monday, March 29, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)((Court TV via AP, Pool)) Blackwell started by describing how Minneapolis officers take an oath to respect the sanctity of life, refrain from using excessive force and to acknowledge public trust comes with the badge. He stressed to jurors that the number to remember was 9 minutes, 29 seconds — the amount of time Chauvin had Floyd pinned to the pavement with his knee last May. The White police officer "didn’t let up, he didn’t get up" even after a handcuffed Floyd said 27 times that he couldn’t breathe and went motionless, according to Blackwell. "You will learn that on May 25, 2020, Mr. Derek Chauvin betrayed this badge when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of Mr. George Floyd," Blackwell said. "That he put his knee upon his neck and his back, grinding and crushing him until the very breath, no ladies and gentlemen, until the very life was squeezed out of him."
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