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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The video they just showed of the paramedics and the officers were on top of him- that viewpoint shows that the 2nd officer next to Chauvin had his hand on George Floyds back. There is no WAY in any dimension that he didnt know that George had stopped breathing. [/quote]

Keung stated he can’t find a pulse prior to EMS arrival. This has been known from transcripts and body cam footage that were released last year. I don’t know exactly what the defense will try to do with this, because they probably won’t have Chauvin take the stand and the other officers can’t be called into this trial, hard to directly confront it. Could set up a narrative somewhere that he didn’t hear and was focused on crowd (as I recall, Chauvin doesn’t really respond when Keung says it, says “huh” or “what”). Prosecution actually showed a small part of that late yesterday but didn’t really dive into it. Defense is likely also setting up the idea that people who are using drugs can seem to pass out but then revive and start fighting. But another officer saying he can’t find a pulse is pretty incriminating and wouldn’t really fit well into that. Overall it has to be acknowledged there isn’t a great defense to a lot of aspects of this case. The defense is trying to create reasonable doubt.

As far as the passenger invoking the 5th - the witness list isn’t public but we can assumed there was a subpoena. Yesterday, one of the employees of Cup Foods stated he felt that the passenger was responsible for the counterfeit bill. (Note that the manager, who speaks with Lane at the beginning of the police response, seems to indicate Floyd is responsible and then what car they’re in). Shortly after that testimony, the motion was filed invoking the 5th. The manager didn’t testify yesterday.

As for what happened to the passengers - my basic recollection from transcripts and body cam - when Lane first got everyone out of the car, they were standing on the sidewalk, he tells them to stay there. There’s some back and forth, the female passenger says to Lane GF is scared because he’s been shot by police before (something GF also says, but I have never seen that confirmed). There’s a lot of crosstalk. At some point, probably at the beginning of the car struggle when only Lane and Keung are on scene and both trying to get GF in the car, the passengers seem left the scene. Snippets were shown yesterday, definitely of Lane approaching the car with his gun drawn.

These things might not be as big parts of this trial since Chauvin wasn’t there for them. They’re important in establishing the chain of events of course. Yesterday after the jury left there was some discussion brought by the defense about showing the full footage.

The videos are hard to watch, even the ones we’ve seen before. Brutal for the family, and they will have to go through it 3+ more times. My thoughts are with them and the witnesses.

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