you're watching our jazeera and that is the live trial of a derek chauvelin for the killing of george floyd live from minneapolis we were just watching aaron eldridge from the prosecution question charles amok a 1000000 who was a witness on the day took some video and about some of these interaction with erik chauvelin him self the policeman who of course had his knee on the unarmed black man george floyd for 9 minutes and 29 seconds we were just also watching quite a lot of the video some upsetting footage as well as there of george floyd being restrained pointing out clearly saying repeatedly that he couldn't breathe calling out for his mother and the witness that we just heard from charles mcmillan saying he did question derek chauvelin the policeman telling him that when he saw that he thought that what he was doing was wrong let's go back and listen in for the. sober. judge peter cahill there the witness we were hearing from has been let go charles. camilla and while we wait for either the next witness or to see what else happens in the courtroom let's listen back to another test

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and the other 3 officers involved now chauvelin is already on trial the jury selection is ongoing in that case and the issue there is trying to ensure that jury has some minority rep representation and it does so far there's been at least 6 jurors picked including one african-american and hispanic as well the hope is that they would have some understanding for what minorities in the united states face when they are confronted by police officers in challenging situations like the one involving george floyd when he died last may 25th the course that set off riots in the streets and protests across the united states. coronavirus or sections of being ramped up across italy to stem a steady rise in that cases from monday on what's 10 regions will be red zones including the capital and its financial center and the line it means most of the population will be on the toughest measures with schools nonessential shops and restaurants all closed government has also announced a 3 day nationwide lockdown over the easter weekend or a chance reports. it's a fascination center a few maci know airpor

say that the heart stopped because his breathing stopped in his breathing stopped because derek chauvelin was kneeling on his neck they said they were going to point out that a lot of people had told the officer that george floyd was apparently in duress he was crying out repeatedly and they're going to talk about what the paramedics found when he took his pulse there on the other side the defense made it clear that what they're going to say is that george floyd was in bad shape he had a bad heart he was on drugs and he had covert 19 and that all of those things contributed to his death now the important thing to remember here is that in order to prove this case they don't have to prove the prosecution that is doesn't have to prove that derek shogun 'd was 100 percent responsible for the death of george floyd there could be other factors but they do have to show that it was a substantial contributor and that it was justified and that is part of that murder 3 the 3rd degree murder case in that instance he has to be acting with to pray ved indifference to the life of the person under his co

we have just been watching the trial of a derek chauvelin charged with the murder and manslaughter of georgia floyd we were listening to a witness called jeff rubble a foundational witness as was said from the police department technology department usually in charge of the systems that police officers use now we did have some other witnesses earlier on they gave some very emotional testimonies christopher martin was the cashier at the shop where george floyd cup foods you can see there in that shot where george floyd had gone in and handed him at will christopher martin 4 was a counterfeit 20 pound note and we heard how the teenager fell to disbelief in guilty as the then watched george floyd's. arrest and we also heard from a witness charles mcmillan witness for the prosecution who was walking by took film the sum of what was happening and also questioned the policeman derek show then when he had his knee on george floyd's neck now we're seeing there c.c.t.v. footage of the area around that cup foods the place where george of floyd was apprehended. the 3rd day of testimony and this

the defense lawyer for derek chauvelin questioning james rubel the witness that we've had on the stand about those images c.c.t.v. images just very much to give context to what was going on and another perspective all of the events of those fateful minutes that ended george floyd's life gabriel is on though has been following the trial he's in minneapolis for us gave you were talking about context and the importance of seeing the events from so many different points of view we saw it from most of the police officers that were there and of course we also saw the footage and we could hear the voices of the people that eventually started gathering around. there and show been at the other police officers and george floyd very much press thing and trying to persuade. to take his off. yeah that's right i mean we've all seen that you know now infamous video of of. george neck for more than 9 minutes as we now know from testimony from monday. but there was so much more to it than simply that 9 minutes that was a critical 9 minutes that ultimately led to floyd's death but what the prosecution n

and the other 3 officers involved now chauvelin is already on trial the jury selection is ongoing in that case and the issue there is trying to ensure that that jury has some minority red representation and it does so far there's been at least 6 jurors picked including one african-american and hispanic as well the hope is that they would have some understanding for what minorities in the united states face when they are confronted by police officers in challenging situations like the one involving george floyd when he died last may 25th the course that set off riots in the streets and protests across the united states you know the news screen of us restrictions would be ramped up in several regions in italy most of the population will be under the strictest measures from monday including rome and milan through zille has just took 275000 deaths from cave with 90 the 2nd highest in the world off of the united states the world health organization warns that brazil is not moving in a good direction with hospitals stretched to the limits. security forces in nigeria and searching for aroun

derek chauvelin that case is going on now and we expect to see opening arguments on march 29th and then there is the case of the other 3 officers that has been postponed until summer it's going on in a courthouse that's got very high security high barricades national guard troops police and very few people allowed inside what we know we know from a pool producer there only 2 reporters are allowed in at a time and we expect the opening arguments to be going on on march 29th and then we expect about a month of. testimony and decision making in that case and the concern is if derek chauvinism charged with anything will this $27000000.00 settlement be enough to appease the protesters in the street one suspects probably not all right thank you from chicago john hendren. now for the 1st time the leaders of the u.s. japan australia and india a group known as the quad of hell talks a call was initially formed in the aftermath of the chief $1004.00 indian ocean of quake and tsunami and then reestablished in 2017 as relations between the united states and china deteriorated 1st official leaders'

of to back up the spot and all of them honest man the central question in this case is this did chauvelin kill floyd using unreasonable force as the prosecution suggests or did a combination of drugs covert 19 and heart trouble kill him as the defense contends those arguments are the beginning of what's likely to be a month from long trial filled with painful and potentially inflammatory testimony . with jurors watching new evidence and really watching that disturbing 9 minutes of video with george floyd using his final breaths to cry out for his life at the. minneapolis is boarding up and bracing for the final verdict and the possibility it could revive the riots of the long and violent summer of 2020. outside the heavily fortified courthouse floyd's family made it clear it is american racial justice that is on trial they say choice the system. they want us to trust a system. where this is a chance to show us. we can trust you. judge peter cahill says it's a police officer that's on trial not race but once the jury has its say in the racially charged case of a black man who died under th

courtroom where the court is selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder derek chauvelin faces 2nd in 3rd degree murder and manslaughter charges and the risk of decades in prison the other 3 officers will face charges later this year of aiding and abetting him those officers will be held accountable. there is a prosecution team that actually cares and is fighting. and if you need a reminder just think of the george floyd case. and that if you don't get police and correct if you don't make these changes if you don't fix the policies that are happening. then you'll be seen as again despite this settlement the floyd family insists justice won't be served until that happens john hendren chicago if a story more protest as have been shot dead in demonstrations in me and. 2 of them were part of a group outside a police station in yangon calling for the release of detained protest as you know all citizens stranded in the u.s. by the tube have been off a temporary refuge washington says because they'll face brutal violence if they return a car bomb in afghanistan's herat province

belly down on the cement with the neck with the knee of derrick chauvelin in his neck that's what the prosecution was trying to do today and with all of the video that they showed particularly the body cam footage from the other officers on scene there were just moments there or were you could really sense what the people were feeling there now on the defense's standpoint early in the day they they were focusing on and what the defense is focusing this entire trial on quite frankly is they are continuing to going to argue once they are able to call witnesses that it was drug. found in george floyd's body that caused him to die so that will be coming up in the coming days and weeks of this trial but right now the prosecution he's really trying to bring the jury to that day may 20 may 25th 10 months ago and really have them feel what the eyewitnesses felt and in some way feel what george floyd might have felt and i think with all of this video they just simply it was a traumatic day in the courtroom for so many people that experienced and known also for the jury i should mention because

courtroom where the court is selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder derek chauvelin faces 2nd in 3rd degree murder and manslaughter charges and the risk of decades in prison the other 3 officers will face charges later this year of aiding and abetting him those officers will be held accountable. there is a prosecution team that actually cares and is fighting and if you need a reminder just think of the george floyd case and that if you don't get police and correct if you don't make these changes if you don't fix the policies that are happening. then you'll be seen as again despite this settlement the floyd family insists justice won't be served until that happens john hendren l.g. 0 chicago. saturday marks a year since brenda taylor was shot and killed by police in the us state of kentucky like george floyd who was killed 2 months later i mean became a rallying cry for losses but lives matter protests taylor was shot by officers when they forced their way into her apartment during a botched narcotics raid in louisville no one has been charged over the killing a famil

courtroom where the court is selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder derek chauvelin faces 2nd in 3rd degree murder and manslaughter charges and the risk of decades in prison the other 3 officers will face charges later this year of aiding and abetting him those officers will be held accountable there is a prosecution team that actually cares and is fighting. if you need a reminder just think of the george flute case. and that if you don't get policing correct if you don't make these changes if you don't fix the policies that are happening. then you'll be remiss again despite this settlement to floyd family and just as you're going to that happen john hendren who crosses. staying in the us senate majority leader chuck schumer is now the latest new york politician calling for the resignation of governor andrew cuomo who is accused of sexual misconduct cuomo is facing several allegations of sexual assault and harassment but is refusing to step down there's also a growing scandal over his handling of the covert crisis his top aides are accused of altering days to obscure

monetary settlement that family all along has been calling for a guilty verdict in the case of derek chauvelin and the other 3 officers involved now show ven is already on trial the jury selection is ongoing in that case and the issue there is trying to ensure that that jury has some minority red representation and it does so far there's been at least 6 jurors picked including one african-american and hispanic as well the hope is that they would have some understanding for what minorities in the united states face when they are confronted by police officers in challenging situations like the one involving george floyd when he died last may 25th the course that set off riots in the streets and protests across the united states meanwhile the mayor of minneapolis emphasized the need for change to bring about racial justice. so today's settlement reflects our shared commitment to advancing racial justice our khamenei our sustained partial progress our commitment to minneapolis and our commitment and compassion to one another we need to be unrelenting we need to be unapologetic in our pursuit of a

courtroom where the court is selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder derek chauvelin faces 2nd in 3rd degree murder and manslaughter charges and the risk of decades in prison the other 3 officers will face charges later this year of aiding and abetting him those officers will be held accountable. there is a prosecution team that actually cares and is fighting. and if you need a reminder just think of the george to it case and that if you don't get policing correct if you don't make these changes if you don't fix the policies that are happening then you'll be seamless again despite the settlement the floyd family insists just because we won't be served until that happens john hendren chicago move there but i've been bates as a defense attorney and former prosecutor he explained the next steps in the floyd criminal case there are 2 parts right now the criminal parts of the part so the symbols or should've been taken care of $17000000.00 to make sure that his children is taken care of well as as his brother said it doesn't bring them back so now the next r. is here is th

there one of martial arts experts who said he recognized the so-called blood show cold but derek chauvelin the police officer was exercising with his knee on the neck of george floyd and the other a firefighter a paramedic a qualified e.m.t. who was able to respond to scenes like that but in this case she said she was not allowed to and then we had 4 different witnesses who were 18 or under one as young as 9 years old saying that the incident made her sad and kind of angry. one of the women who took who took that iconic video that we've all watched said she watched it and felt helpless and that she goes home many a night and apologizes to george floyd for being unable to help save his life ok so a lot salute forward see when that trial does get underway with of course becoming back to you joe and straight as a but for now i thank you very much indeed john hendren outside the courthouse in minneapolis. now the long awaited report in the u.k. is denying the existence of institutional racism it was commissioned by the government last year at the height of the global black clothes master movem

opening statements they were basically saying that george floyd did not die at the knee of derrick chauvelin that he died of other preexisting conditions and they say they will show over the course of this nearly month long trial that that there is more to this story than simply that video bottom line though is. motions very high here in minneapolis came in on the streets of minneapolis for us thanks so much kate let's now bring in ron sullivan he's a professor of law and the director of the criminal justice institute at harvard law school he joins us now from new son in massachusetts professor this trial einstein is taking place just a few miles from his pen to the ground and it really fails from the witnesses that we've had from so fond of the prosecution really wants to take the jury to the same really have them experience that moment. i think that's absolutely right and robert i also teach a class called trial advocacy and i tell my students that you have to paint a word picture paint a word picture of what happened so these are people who weren't there and to the extent that you can tak

against derrick show an interesting lee we are told there will also be some talk about a case in which chauvelin was said to have helped save somebody's life the point there according to the prosecution is that he knew the difference between being able to save a life and being able to take one in this case the prosecution's allegation is that he chose either to disregard the life of george floyd or actively to end it john thanks very much indeed as you say of course we're waiting for the jury to come in in about 15 minutes time we're keeping an eye on the live pictures that we're seeing from the or which we will be seeing from the court in this country and we're going to come back to you when that gets under way but for now john hendren and many of us thank you very much indeed. well in a press conference and head of the child civil rights activist robin al sharpton says there was more to the case than the death of a single man made no mistake about it. shaping is in the court room but america's own trout. america's own child to see if we have gotten to a place where we can hold police accountab

back up the squad and all of them sat on this man the central question in this case is this did chauvelin kill floyd using unreasonable force as the prosecution suggests or did a combination of drugs covert 19 and heart trouble kill him as the defense contends those arguments are the beginning of what's likely to be a month from long trial filled with painful and potentially inflammatory testimony . with jurors watching new evidence and really watching that disturbing 9 minutes of video with george floyd using his final breaths to cry out for his life at the. minneapolis is boarding up and bracing for the final verdict and the possibility it could revive the riots of the long and violent summer of 2020. outside the heavily fortified courthouse floyd's family made it clear it is american racial justice that is on trial they say choice the system. they want us to trust a system. where this is a chance to show us. that we can trust you. judge peter cahill says it's a police officer that's on trial not race but once the jury has its say in the racially charged case of a black man who died und

courtroom where the court is selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder derek chauvelin faces 2nd in 3rd degree murder and manslaughter charges and the risk of decades in prison the other 3 officers will face charges later this year of aiding and abetting him those officers will be held accountable there is a prosecution team that actually cares and is fighting. and if you need a reminder just think of the george floyd case and that if you don't get police and correct if you don't make these changes if you don't fix the policies that are happening. then you'll be seeing this again despite this settlement the floyd family insists justice won't be served until that happens john hendren al-jazeera chicago. a spokesman for the who feed rebels in yemen say they've rejected a u.s. plan for a nationwide cease fire as it only represents of use of saudi arabia and the united nations the u.s. envoy for yemen said the who fees appear to be prioritizing a military offensive in the northern region and warned the country will spiral into great a conflict if the fighting doesn't stop s

faces decades in prison potentially and the defense is going to argue that it wasn't mainly derrick chauvelin that contributed to george floyd's death but they're essentially going to blame the victim you heard the floyd family say they're going to put the victim on trial by saying he contributed to his own death those are going to be the 2 stories in the defense is going to have to essentially say don't look at the video don't look at what appears to be happening there there's a whole lot more going on and it's important to note that there are 3 other officers who will go on trial later this summer in august for contributing to that and what we see is dear children kneeling on george floyd's neck what we don't see in that camera view is that there are 2 other officers one on his back one on his legs and the. accusation there is that they aided and abetted derek chauvin pressing on the body of george floyd and ultimately leading to his death so sides expected to have about 2 weeks in order to make their arguments and the judge said he wants to wrap this up in a month john thanks very much ind

back up the squad and all of them sat on this man the central question in this case is this did chauvelin kill floyd using unreasonable force as the prosecution suggests or did a combination of drugs covert 19 and heart trouble kill him as the defense contends those arguments are the beginning of what's likely to be a month from long trial filled with painful and potentially inflammatory testimony . with jurors watching new evidence and really watching that disturbing 9 minutes of video with george floyd using his final breaths to cry out for his life at the. minneapolis is boarding up and bracing for the final verdict and the possibility it could revive the riots of the long and violent summer of 2020. outside the heavily fortified courthouse floyd's family made it clear it is american racial justice that is on trial they say choice the system. they want us to trust a system. where this is a chance to show us. we can trust you. judge peter cahill says it's a police officer that's on trial not race but once the jury has its say in the racially charged case of a black man who died under th

outbreak in south america's worst hit country 1st take you back to the trial of police officer derrick chauvelin he's of course facing trial for killing george floyd in the state of minneapolis let's go now to alexis hokus associate research scholar in the faculty of law at columbia law school joins us now by skype from new york good to have you with us so you've been watching no doubt day 3 what do you make of where the prosecution is going that's correct and good evening in morning in new york city so what i want to make clear for our viewers is that there are really 2 issues at stake in this trial and one is it did derek show them cause george floyd's death and 2 was derek show those conduct reasonable and so at every single point the state is going to be saying that show then cause george floyd's death and that is actions were unreasonable and from the defense we can expect the opposite that derek show the. death or rather his actions did not cause floyd's death and that his actions were reasonable considering the circumstances that evening in may so so far it seems the focus is shifting to

monetary settlement that family all along has been calling for a guilty verdict in the case of derek chauvelin and the other 3 officers involved now show ven is already on trial the jury selection is ongoing in that case and the issue there is trying to ensure that jury has some minority red representation and it does so far there's been at least 6 jurors picked including one african-american and hispanic as well the hope is that they would have some understanding for what minorities in the united states face when they are confronted by police officers in challenging situations like the one involving george floyd when he died last may 25th of course that set off riots in the streets in protests across the united states want to bring you more on the situation in 1000 and now where around a few students were kidnapped and had to misstate. as a campaign a from the bring back our girls movement and joins us by skype from. northwest nigeria has been unstable for years but are we seeing a sort of growing industry now based on kidnapping. well sadly as that is what with saying bad just want to make a

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on our a jury is being chosen for the trial of derek chauvelinbe a former american police officer accused of killing an unarmed black man george story but jury selection has already run into difficulties with people who are aware of the case the future political hope so brazil's former president lula da silva could get another boost as the supreme court votes on whether to throw out evidence against him the court overturned this corruption conviction on monday and 3 catalan separatist politicians that face extradition to spain have to be stripped of their immunity former regional leader careless freedom long time 2 others were charged with sedition for declaring independence. a group of developing countries led by south africa and india says that intellectual property rights for corona virus drugs and vaccines should be temporarily waived they'll represent their case at a 2 day summit focused on covert 1000 vaccination production arguing the transfer of knowledge to developing countries will ramp up manufacturing and save lives but it is a divisi

courtroom where the court is selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder derek chauvelin faces 2nd in 3rd degree murder and manslaughter charges and the risk of decades in prison the other 3 officers will face charges later this year of aiding and abetting him those officers will be held accountable. there is a prosecution team that actually cares and is fighting. and if you need a reminder just think of the george floyd case and that if you don't get policing correct if you don't make these changes if you don't fix the policies that are happening then you'll be famous again despite this settlement the floyd family insists justice won't be served until that happens john hendren al-jazeera chicago there. well as john noted in that report it has been one year since briana taylor was shot and killed by police in the us state of kentucky like george floyd who was killed 2 months later and then became a rallying cry for last year's black lives matter protest taylor was shot by officers when they forced their way into her apartment during a botched narcotics raid in lewisville

courtroom where the court is selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder derek chauvelin faces 2nd in 3rd degree murder and manslaughter charges and the risk of decades in prison the other 3 officers will face charges later this year of aiding and abetting him those officers will be held accountable. there is a prosecution team that actually cares and is fighting and if you need a reminder just think of the george floyd case and that if you don't get police and correct if you don't make these changes if you don't fix the policies that are happening. then you'll be sorry miss again despite this settlement the floyd family insist just as we can to that happening john hendren who crosses. saying in the u.s. senate majority leader chuck schumer is the latest new york politician calling for the resignation of governor andrew cuomo who is accused of sexual misconduct was facing several allegations of sexual assault and harassment but is refusing to step down there's also a growing scandal over his handling of the covert 1000 crisis his top aides are accused of altering data to