Derek Chauvin, 45, is charged with murder and manslaughter in the May 25 death of George Floyd By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski and Tammy Webber •
Published April 5, 2021 •
Updated 1 hour ago
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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.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo took the stand on Monday in the ongoing trial of former officer Derek Chauvin, who has been accused of murder and manslaughter in the May 2020 death of George Floyd.
Arradondo, the city s first Black chief, fired Chauvin and three other officers the day after Floyd s May 25 death. In June, he called it murder in response to an inquiry from the Star Tribune.
On Monday, he testified about Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) policy that dictates that officers must use tactics to de-escalate a situation whenever reasonable to do so, in an effort to avoid or minimize the use of force.
The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead after trying to resuscitate him testified that he theorized at the time that Floyd likely died of a lack of oxygen.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead testified Monday that he theorized at the time that Floyd s heart most likely stopped because of a lack of oxygen.
Dr. Bradford Langenfeld, who was a senior resident on duty that night at Hennepin County Medical Center and tried to resuscitate Floyd, took the stand at the beginning of Week Two at former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin s murder trial, as prosecutors sought to establish that it was Chauvin s knee on the Black man s neck that killed him.
Langenfeld said Floyd s heart had stopped by the time he arrived at the hospital. 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.