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The chief medical examiner who ruled George Floyd’s death a homicide testified Friday 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, the Hennepin County medical examiner, took the stand at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin for pressing his knee on or close to Mr. Floyd’s neck for what prosecutors said was as much as 9 1/2 minutes as the 46-year-old Black man lay on the pavement last May.
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After Nelson finished his questioning, Blackwell took over to redirect. He asked Thomas if she remembers the hypotheticals Nelson asked. Aren t those questions, a lot like asking: this is Lincoln, if we take John Wilkes Booth out of this.
Nelson objected and Cahill sustained.
Nelson: Would you, as a physician, prescribe methamphetamine, to a person who has a 90% or 75% occlusion to his or her heart?
Cahill: You may answer if you have an opinion in that regard.
Dr. Thomas: Yeah, I don t have an opinion. #DerekChauvinTrial Ana Lastra (@AnaViLastra) April 9, 2021
10:43 a.m.
Judge Cahill has issued a 20-minute break. They will reconvene around 11:05 a.m.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Lindsey Thomas testified as a prosecution witness Friday in the trial of Derek Chauvin
Dr. Thomas claimed that George Floyd died as a result of low oxygen or asphyxia This is a death where both the heart and lungs stopped working and the point is that it is due to subdual restraint and compression, she said. The activities of the law enforcement officers led to Mr. Floyd s death
In an extraordinary move Judge Cahill decided that autopsy images of Floyd would not be displayed in court but handed in packets to the individual jurors and people in court