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Jurors have heard from 16 witnesses and seen police and surveillance videos of George Floyd's arrest in the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin.

5 Min Read MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -Paramedics who treated George Floyd said he was not breathing and had no pulse when they arrived at the scene of his deadly arrest last May in testimony on Thursday at the murder trial of former policeman Derek Chauvin. “In lay terms, I thought he was dead,” Derek Smith, one of the paramedics, told the jury. By the time Smith arrived, Chauvin, who is white, had been pressing his knee into the neck of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man in handcuffs, for about ni...

A Minneapolis paramedic who responded to the scene of George Floyd’s fatal arrest last spring believes the handcuffed man was already dead when the ambulance arrived, he testified at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial Thursday.

By Jonathan Allen MINNEAPOLIS, April 1 (Reuters) - Paramedics who treated George Floyd said he was not breathing and had no pulse when they arrived at the scene of his deadly arrest last May in testimony on Thursday at the murder trial of former policeman Derek Chauvin. "In lay terms, I thought he was dead," Derek Smith, one of the paramedics, told the jury. By the time Smith arrived, Chauvin, who is white, had been pressing his knee into the neck of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man in handcuffs,...

The now-fired police officer gave that explanation after being confronted by a witness on the night of George Floyd's death last spring.

One of the men who treated George Floyd has told a court that police officers were still on top of the 46-year-old when paramedics arrived at the scene, as the high-profile trial of Derek Chauvin enters its fourth day.

Continuing coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial from Minneapolis. Today is the fourth day of testimony.

By Mychael Schnell - 04/01/21 05:01 PM EDT   A paramedic who testified at the trial of Derek Chauvin on Thursday criticized Minneapolis police officers for not doing chest compressions on George Floyd at the scene, saying “any layperson can do chest compressions.” The criticism came during defense attorney Eric Nelsons cross examination of Derek Smith, the paramedic. “Any layperson can do chest compressions. There’s no reason Minneapolis couldn’t have started chest compressions,...

Continuing coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial from Minneapolis. Today is the fourth day of testimony.

A second paramedic who responded to a call at the scene of George Floyd’s arrest testified on Thursday that after his initial assessment of Floyd, he “thought he was dead.”