Moseng is a retired Hennepin County paramedic who responded to the 4th Precinct police station in Minneapolis, where Floyd was taken following his 2019 arrest. Nelson called Michelle Moseng to the witness stand. Prosecutors allege Chauvin killed Floyd by digging his knee into the back of the handcuffed man's neck as he was being held in a prone position on the pavement with the help of two other officers, Thomas Lane and J. In his opening statement in the trial, Nelson told the jury the evidence would show that Floyd died from a combination of heart disease and an an overdose of fentanyl and methamphetamine, drugs found in his system during an autopsy. The jury was not informed why Floyd was arrested during the traffic stop or if he was ever charged with a crime. Floyd didn't drop dead while you were interacting with him, right?" Eldridge asked, apparently to demonstrate how different that incident was from the May 25, 2020, arrest of Floyd. "Me and another officer had to forcibly handcuff him," Creighton testified.Īsked by prosecutor Erin Eldridge if Floyd ever collapsed during the incident, Creighton answered no. The officer threatened to deploy a stun gun on him.ĭuring cross-examination, Creighton said the incident "escalated real quick" and that he drew his gun because Floyd was not initially showing him his hands. Another officer on the driver's side of the vehicle ordered Floyd to put his hands on his head and to spit out something he had apparently put into his mouth. The video showed Floyd sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle and Creighton approaching his window with his gun drawn, ordering Floyd to show his hands and place them on the dashboard. The first defense witness Nelson called was retired Minneapolis police officer Scott Creighton, who testified about a May 6, 2019, arrest of Floyd that had similarities to his fatal arrest nearly a year later.īefore Nelson began playing a portion of the police body camera video from the 2019 arrest in Minneapolis, Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill told the jury the footage was only being used to illustrate Floyd's reaction to being on opioids and should not be considered evidence of his character. I did not necessarily note it," Brodd replied.
Floyd saying, 'my neck hurts'?" Schleicher asked.
"When you reviewed the facts and evidence in this case, at any time do you recall noting Mr. He called a slate of witnesses in rapid succession, including a police use-of-force expert who testified Chauvin was justified and acted reasonably in the amount of force used on Floyd.īarry Vance Brodd, a consultant on police practices and use of force, testified as a paid expert witness for the defense.īrodd - who served as a police officer for 29 years, most of that time with the Santa Rosa, California, Police Department - testified that he spent roughly 60 hours reviewing the evidence in the case, including numerous police body camera, surveillance and bystander videos. "The state of Minnesota rests," prosecutor Steve Schleicher said at the beginning of court proceedings.Ĭhauvin's attorney, Eric Nelson, then set out trying to undermine the prosecution's case and take his best shot at instilling reasonable doubt in the minds of jurors.
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Prosecutors wrapped up their case in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin on Tuesday after calling 38 witnesses and presenting numerous videos to argue that the former Minneapolis police officer and his colleagues allegedly caused the death of George Floyd last year.
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