Chauvin Defense Team Attempts To Demonize George Floyd By Tying Him To High-Profile 2020 Murder
MINNEAPOLIS In an effort to build a case supporting their client’s exoneration, the defense team of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin reportedly attempted to demonize the late George Floyd Wednesday by tying him to a high-profile 2020 murder. “To convict Officer Chauvin on these charges is to blatantly ignore Mr. Floyd’s questionable past, including his very presence at the scene of a brutal murder on May 25, 2020,” said Eric Nelson, Chauvin’s attorney, informing the judge that he had video evidence suggesting that Floyd had even played a role in the brutal slaying of a defenseless man. “We would be remiss if we didn’t question why Mr. Floyd was present at a murder. We simply want to present the evidence demonstrating Mr. Floyd’s clear ties to a senseless killing and let the jury draw their own conclusions. Furthermore, we cannot ignore the fact that for nearly a ye
By Aris Folley - 04/01/21 12:44 PM EDT
Courteney Ross, George Floyd’s former girlfriend, broke down in tears shortly after taking the stand on Thursday after she was asked about their relationship.
Ross was the first witness to appear on the stand on Thursday morning as the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who faces three criminal counts in Floyd’s killing, entered its fourth day.
She came to tears just moments after taking the stand when she was asked to recount how she first met Floyd.
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“It’s one of my favorite stories,” she said.
MINNEAPOLIS In an effort to highlight his client’s impeccable character, the defense attorney representing Derek Chauvin praised the former police officer Thursday for exercising great restraint by not killing bystanders. “As the video evidence shows, there were several bystanders standing only a few feet away during the time of George Floyd’s arrest, and yet Mr. Chauvin didn’t attempt to shoot or strangle a single one,” said attorney Eric Nelson, who commended Chauvin for remaining calm and composed while responding to the call regarding a counterfeit bill by letting the half-dozen witnesses watching from the curb go physically unscathed. “Mr. Chauvin was under a staggering amount of stress at the time, and the fact that not everybody was gunned down in a bloodbath is just proof of his exceptional professionalism. It is clear Derek Chauvin is a highly self-disciplined man, as any average police officer would have shot the bystanders in the back the moment they turned away.
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.”
Defense attorneys for ex-Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin are asking for the jury in his trial over George Floyd's death to see evidence from Floyd’s arrest from 2019.