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Yet as Mr. Chauvin, who is white, went on trial, one of the primary questions was whether this tactic would still work, especially amid shifting attitudes in America about drug use and with the country in the grips of an opioid epidemic. “Tens of thousands of Americans struggle with self-medication and opioid abuse and are treated with dignity, respect and support, not brutality,” Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, lawyers for the Floyd family, said in a joint statement on Thursday. “We fully expected the defense to put George’s character and struggles with addiction on trial because th...

Derek Smith, the paramedic, said that he had first felt Mr. Floyd’s neck for a pulse while police officers were still on top of him and that he could not find one.

Paramedics who responded to the scene said they did not see any signs of life in George Floyd. “In lay terms, I thought he was dead,” one said.

Derek Chauvin Trial Takeaways: Day 4 News Will Wright © Thomson Reuters Retired Minneapolis Police Sergeant David Ploeger answers questions on the fourth day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 1, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd in Minneapolis, entered a new phase on Thursday with the testimony of p...

Paramedics who responded to the scene said they did not see any signs of life in George Floyd. “In lay terms, I thought he was dead,” one said.