Derek Chauvin

The chief county medical examiner who ruled George Floyd’s death a homicide testified Friday that the way police held him down and compressed his neck “was just more than Mr. Floyd could take,” given the condition of his heart.

The Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner testified in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin on Friday. “The law enforcement subdual, restraint and the neck compression was just more than Mr. Floyd could take by virtue of those heart conditions,” Dr. Andrew Baker said. “Mr. Floyd’s use of fentanyl did not cause the subdual or the neck restraint.”

A toxicologist who took the stand in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial said George Floyd had less fentanyl in his system than 94% of DUI cases. That’s a boost to the prosecution after Chauvin’s defense sought to mention other potential causes of death besides the knee on Floyd’s neck. Criminal defense attorney Keith Lamar Jr. weighs in.

There are myths dating back centuries that Black people have thicker skin or a higher pain tolerance than white people. Now in the Derek Chauvin trial, defense attorneys have said Chauvin couldn’t overcome the strength of George Floyd. Edwin Lindo, assistant dean for social and health justice at University of Washington, breaks down the history behind the myths.

George Floyd died of a lack of oxygen from being pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck, a medical expert testified at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial Thursday, emphatically rejecting the defense theory that Floyd’s drug use and underlying health problems were what killed him.

The foundation of the case against the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd is a mountain of video evidence, but presenting that to jurors isn’t as easy as pushing play

“They did not do any damage,” Civil Rights attorney David Henderson told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith.”

Dr. Martin Tobin, world-renowned pulmonologist, testified at the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin that overall health was not a factor in the death of George Floyd. “Any healthy person subjected to what Mr. Floyd was subjected to would have died as a result of what he was subjected to.”

In his trial for George Floyd’s death, Derek Chauvin’s legal defense has repeatedly mentioned a “volatile” crowd shouting and filming. But a police sergeant who testified said the crowd was angry because of the force they saw being used. Bradford Colbert, professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, breaks down the defense strategy on LX News.

Officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck — and was bearing down with most of his weight — the entire 9 1/2 minutes the Black man lay facedown with his hands cuffed behind his back, a use-of-force expert testified Wednesday at Chauvin’s murder trial.

Minneapolis police are taught to restrain combative suspects with a knee on their back or shoulders if necessary but are told to “stay away from the neck when possible,” a department use-of-force instructor testified Tuesday at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.

Sgt. Jody Stiger of the Los Angeles Police Department, an expert witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, testified Tuesday that the use of force on George Floyd was excessive. Once Floyd was on the ground, “at that point, the officers… should have slowed down or stopped their force as well.”

As prosecutors and the defense in the Derek Chauvin trial argue about what killed George Floyd, outside attorney Darryl Exum believes Chauvin ought to testify. “I think he does not get near an acquittal” without doing so, Exum said.

Civil Rights Attorney David Henderson breaks down day six of former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.

The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead after trying to resuscitate him testified Monday that he theorized at the time that Floyd’s heart most likely stopped because he didn’t get enough oxygen.

On Monday, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified that former officer Derek Chauvin violated multiple department policies when restraining George Floyd.

The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead, Dr. Brandford Langenfeld, said Monday that “oxygen deficiency,” commonly referred to as asphyxia, was most likely the cause of death. This challenges the defense’s argument that Floyd’s death was caused by a heart attack related to drug use, as opposed to Derek Chauvin’s use of force.

Many Black men and women in the U.S. are keeping tabs on what’s unfolding in the televised murder trial of white former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, taking in what they can before turning away to allow their anger and hurt to subside

Kneeling on George Floyd’s neck while he was handcuffed and in the prone position was “top-tier, deadly force” and “totally unnecessary,” the head of the Minneapolis Police Department’s homicide division testified Friday.

Minneapolis Police Lt. Richard Zimmerman testified Friday during the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin that Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck was “totally unnecessary.”