Major broadcast and cable networks carried the opening arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd during his arrest in May.Special prosecutor Jerry Blackwell opened by showing a graphic video, running more than nine minutes, in which Chauvin is shown with his knee on Floyd’s neck.
Floyd was heard moaning that he could not breathe and, “Please, please,” while onlookers shout at the officers. Then Floyd goes silent and unconscious, before an ambulance arrived.
Floyd was pronounced dead about an hour later.“The three most important numbers in the case: Nine minutes and 29 seconds is how long that went on,” Blackwell told the jurors. “Mr.
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