Derek Chauvin trial: Expert blames George Floyd's death on heart rhythm problem
Chauvin attorney Derek Nelson is trying to prove that the 19-year Minneapolis police veteran did what he was trained to do and that Floyd died because of his illegal drug use and underlying health problems. Prosecutors say Floyd died because Chauvin‘s knee was pressed into Floyd‘s neck or neck area for 9½ minutes as the 46-year-old Black man lay pinned to the pavement on his stomach last May with his hands cuffed behind his back. Nelson asked Fowler about Floyd‘s narrowed arteries, enlarged heart, use of methamphetamine, the stress of the situation he was in, his high blood pressure an...