Jurors were shown police body camera video of the approximately 20 minutes between when police approached Floyd’s vehicle and when he was loaded into the ambulance.
The teenager who shot the harrowing footage of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer told court she began recording because “it wasn’t right,he was suffering,he was in pain”.
The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd has begun,with prosecutors showing the jury video of Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on the black man’s neck.
One prospective juror said that she feared for her family’s safety if chosen for the trial of a white ex-police officer charged with killing George Floyd.
“It’s going to be a long journey to justice. This is just one step on the journey to justice,” said the family’s lawyer Ben Crump.
The move offers jurors an additional option for conviction and finally resolves an issue that might have delayed former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial for months.
The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been delayed as the judge contends with a last-minute order by a higher court to reconsider adding an additional murder charge.
The death of Floyd,46,triggered protests and rioting across the US after mobile phone footage emerged showing Chauvin,a white police officer,kneeling on his neck.