MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead after trying to resuscitate him has testified that Floyd’s heart had stopped by the time he arrived.
Dr. Bradford Langenfeld, who was a senior resident on duty that night at Hennepin County Medical Center, said that he was not told of any efforts at the scene by bystanders or police to resuscitate Floyd but that paramedics told him they had tried for about 30 minutes.
He took the stand at the beginning of Week Two at former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial, as prosecutors seek to establish that it was Chauvin’s knee on the Black man’s neck that killed him last May.
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File-This Feb. 17, 2021, file photo shows Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo addressing the media on preparations for the upcoming Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis. The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd s death is expected to turn toward the officer s training on Monday after a first week that was dominated by emotional testimony from eyewitnesses and a devastating video of Floyd s arrest.
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FILE - In this March 29, 2021 file image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listen as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over pre-trial motions prior to opening statements in the trial of Chauvin for the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn.
Emergency room doctor testifies he theorized that lack of oxygen stopped George Floydâs heart
By AMY FORLITI and TAMMY WEBBER The Associated Press,Updated April 5, 2021, 17 minutes ago
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Witness Dr. Bradford Wankhede Langenfeld, the doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead, testified as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presided on Monday in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin.Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead after trying to resuscitate him testified Monday that he theorized at the time that Floydâs heart most likely stopped because he didnât get enough oxygen.
ER doctor says he theorized George Floyd most likely suffocated
Dr. Bradford Langenfeld said Floydâs heart had stopped by the time he arrived.
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A woman holds a George Floyd picture while seated on a concrete barrier near the Hennepin County Government Center Monday in Minneapolis where the second week of testimony in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin continues. [ JIM MONE | AP ]
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MINNEAPOLIS â The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead after trying to resuscitate him testified Monday that he theorized at the time that Floyd most likely died of suffocation.
Dr. Bradford Langenfeld, who was a senior resident on duty that night at Hennepin County Medical Center, said Floydâs heart had stopped by the time he arrived. The doctor said that he was not told of any efforts at the scene by bystanders or police to resuscitate Floyd but that paramedics told him they had tried for about 30 minutes.
MINNEAPOLIS The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead after trying to resuscitate him testified Monday that he theorized at the time that Floyd’s heart most likely stopped because he didn’t get enough oxygen.Dr. Bradford Langenfeld,.