Trial for the death of George Floyd: an expert summoned by the defense justified the use of force applied by the former police officer Derek Chauvin

The defense for the former police officer accused of the death of George Floyd argued for the officer on Tuesday and called a use of force expert to testify that justified Derek Chauvin pressing Floyd to the ground, and asserted that things could have been better if the African-American man had “rested comfortably” on the sidewalk..

Barry Brodd, a former Santa Rosa, Calif., Police officer, strongly defended Chauvin’s actions in the murder trial, even when a prosecutor harshly questioned him and expressed disbelief at the use of the l ‘rest comfortably’ expression.

“It’s easy to sit down and judge… an officer’s conduct,” Brodd said. “It’s more of a challenge to put yourself in the shoes of the agents to try to make an assessment based on how they feel, what they perceive, what fear they have, and then make a decision.“.

He said he did not believe that Chauvin and the other officers used deadly force when they held Floyd face down with his hands cuffed behind his back and Chauvin’s knee on his neck or neck while the ‘charge described as 9 and a half minutes.

Several prominent Minneapolis police officers, including the police chief, said Chauvin used excessive force and did not complete his training. And medical experts called by the prosecution said Floyd died of lack of oxygen due to a reduction.

The question of what force is reasonable is important: the police are allowed to some extent to use lethal force when someone endangers the police officer or others. A key issue in the trial, according to legal experts, will be whether Chauvin’s actions were reasonable in this particular case.

Brodd also appeared to defend what prosecution witnesses described as a widely held belief: the idea that if someone can speak, they can breathe.

Chauvin, a 45-year-old white man, is charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death last May, following his arrest on suspicion of smuggling a $ 20 bill into a market in district.

Chauvin’s lawyer, Eric Nelson, said Floyd died because of his illegal drug use and underlying medical issues, not because Chauvin put a knee on his neck.

Moments after the prosecution finished their presentation, after 11 days of testimony and a mountain of video evidence, the defense called its first witness, a retired Minneapolis police officer who testified about an incident on 6 May 2019 in which Floyd was arrested.

Scott Creighton said he pulled out his pistol when Floyd, a passenger in a vehicle, failed to obey orders to show his hands. Nelson showed body camera video showing Creighton approaching from the passenger side, pulling out his gun and pulling Floyd out of the car..

Chauvin’s attorney twice asked questions designed to get the jury to think about Floyd’s drug use, but Creighton said he didn’t see anything of Floyd taking.

Another witness who responded to this incident, Retired paramedic Michelle Moseng said Floyd told her he used multiple opiates every 20 minutes.

“I asked him why and he said it was because he was a drug addict,” said Moseng, who also described Floyd’s behavior as “agitated,” before the judge overturned this comment. court report.

Moseng added that she recommended Floyd be hospitalized due to her high blood pressure, which she measured at 216 to 1.60 years old, but that he resisted.

During her cross-examination, prosecutor Erin Eldridge asked Moseng to testify that her breathing, pulse, heart rate and EKG levels were normal. Eldridge said Floyd was hospitalized and released two hours later.

With AP information

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