The Minneapolis chief medical examiner who conducted the autopsy on George Floyd’s body and deemed his death a homicide testified Friday in former officer Derek Chauvin’s trial that the way police held him down and compressed his neck was just more than Mr. Floyd could take, given the condition of his heart.
Dr. Andrew Baker, chief medical examiner for Hennepin County, took the stand on Friday morning as the second week of testimony at the murder trial of Chauvin, 45, came to an end.
Chauvin is accused of murder and manslaughter in the May 25th 2020 death of Floyd. The former officer, who has been fired from Minneapolis Police Department, is accused of pressing his knee on or close to Floyd’s neck for what prosecutors have said was 9 minutes and 29 seconds, while he was handcuffed and pinned to the pavement on his stomach.
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Medical examiner blames police pressure for Floyd s death
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Chief medical examiner takes the stand in George Floyd case, says he did not watch arrest video I was aware that at least one video had gone viral on the Internet, but I intentionally chose not to look at that . said Dr. Andrew Baker
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MINNEAPOLIS The chief county medical examiner who ruled George Floyd s death a homicide took the stand Friday at former Officer Derek Chauvin s murder trial, saying he did not watch the harrowing video of the arrest before examining Floyd so that he would not be biased by what he saw.