an element of doubt and that's exactly what they're trying to do in the cross-examination of lindsay thomas. many thanks indeed alan alan fischer their lives in minneapolis we're going to weather update thanks to announce a 0 then new violence stokes old fears in northern ireland we'll look at the what's causing the worst rising to a news. out of push for a lockdown in germany's deal with a rising number of covert 19 infections and to relieve the country's overburdened health care system. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored plan qatar airways whether slouchy set fare across the arabian peninsula for the next few days further north something of a change going on there we've got some lively storms in the eastern side of the mediterranean some wet weather some blustery showers rolling across cypress into that western side of syria the lebanese mountains could see some wet weather possibly some snow over the high ground so any chance of some snow there into central and eastern parts of turkey yet again that wintry mix will make its way a little further east which as we go on through sund

the key point the came over from lindsay thomas was that she said george ford's death was caused by the actions of law enforcement certainly on the death certificate they mentioned things like there had been some drugs taken he also had an underlying heart condition she absolutely ruled goes out as cause of death saying no was not the cause here what killed george floyd was the compressions that was put in his body eventually he had no all left in the body there for the brain and then the heart field as she's explaining how death certificate so drawn up so that they can track illnesses across the country for public health experts and so if someone mentions the fact that there was drug use it doesn't necessarily mean that was the key issue she essentially saying that the pulmonary failure was a starting point that's interesting that she's been called because she's essentially that the person who trained the medical examiner who carried out the autopsy and of course when the autopsy mentioned forcible drug use that gave the defense a line of attack it gave them a chance to say it wasn't w

testimony of doctor tobin, doctor rich and another who ultimately testified as to also doctor lindsay thomas, this for doctors ultimately concluded it that it was a fictional death however, likewise they presented doctor baker's testimony which was in large part while he declared in a homicide for medical purposes, which is not a statement of criminal obligations, or criminal standard. but doctor baker suggested something much different which was the mr. floyd heart simply could not handle the stress. of the circumstances. so your honor, the state has essentially introduced doubt in the context of providing multiple experts all of which seem to contradict each other. after that reason, we would ask the state excuse me escorts to grant the motion of judgment on acquittal. [inaudible]. >> thank you your honor motion for judgment of acquittal, most favorable to the state as we presented it. establishing it all of the elements of all of the crimes charged in the case of the defense of reasonable use of force. "the issue is" not whether there are inconsistencies minor inconsistencies of what witn

but we've heard some very significant testimony today not least from forensic pathologist dr lindsay thomas who is a veteran medical examiner saying that she essentially joined other expert witnesses in saying that illicit drug use did not kill george floyd now actually alan fisher is life 1st now in minneapolis and so alan every day is has dr baker's test me now concluded. no here no piece questions from the defense will always leave a few things that we want to ask him about recently during his evidence there was a couple of points but essentially undermined what the defense has been seeing people talking about the fact that tablets were found in the patrol car with george floyd's d.n.d. the have been suggesting that george floyd me have taken tablets either orally or. through other measures. what the medical examiner it was seeing was that there was no trace of drugs found trace of tablets phone in george 'd floyd's stomach which would suggest that if he'd taken drugs he taken some time before the altar kitchen with the police and also that the final point when he'd been talking about. h

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the state will call their first witness, doctor lindsay thomas. >> do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury the testimony are about to give will be the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth . >> i do. >> doctor thomas, if you can remove your mask i willkeep mine on. and begin by having you state your full name, each of your names . >> lindsay carol thomas. >> ms. blackwell. >> thankyou your honor . >> morning doctor thomas. would you tell us whatkind of doctor you are ? >> i am a forensic apologist. >> what is a forensic apologist. >> forensic ecology is that branch of ecology is a branch of medicine where medicine and law overlap. so it could be anything g with our medical and legal component, could be toxicology, in some cases it may involve living patients but as i practice it is most runs six biology experts practice it involves medical legal investigation. >> does it involved taking care of patients in the clinical sense ? >> not living patients. a forensic apologist may be consulted to help with the evaluation of injuries and a living patients but not in the treatmen

building their case for conviction and the derek chauvin murder trial forensic pathologist doctor lindsay thomas, explain to jurors her rulings as he observed george floyd's autopsy photos. she said floyd's body was positioned in a way that blocked him from getting adequate oxygen and that is manner of death was homicide doctor thomas also testified that floyd fought to breathe as evidence by the discoloration on his face where he scraped diskin on the pavement. struggling to push himself into a position where he can brief doctor thomas also concluded that floyd's death was due to the actions of police and their quote, restraint subdual and compression of this body there's no evidence to suggest he would have died that night except for the interactions with law enforcement methamphetamine speeds up. >> and you degree that fentanyl is a respiratory. the press right. >> yes, the defense has argued that drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine that were found in floyd's system along with other underlying medical issues like a heart condition led to his death. but doctor thomas rule that methamphetam

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doctor lindsay thomas, an expert called by the prosecution review. doctor baker's autopsy report and told the jury it was one of the most thorough she's ever seen. the defense asked her how the drugs in floyd's system impacted his heart. so. >> methamphetamine and adrenaline caused the work to the heart to work harder. and increases hearts. oxygen means yes. >> but despite the hard issues and drugs doctor thomas agreed with the medical examiner that floyd's death was a result of low oxygen caused by law enforcement. the trial continues monday morning. i'm brian entin reporting. >> uber says it's strengthening the verification process for the safety of its drivers to change is now in effect. it comes after a series of violent incidents. uber will now require any rider who uses venmo a gift or prepaid card to upload a valid id before being able to use that service. the company says anonymous payment methods are more often linked to malicious actions or fraud. bay area news a terrifying moment for one el serino car dealership when an employee was nearly

number of experts to say george floyd died because of police action latest to appear in court lindsay thomas a forensic pathologist who reviewed the videos of the night and me and analyzed all the photos in lab reports what it means to me is that the activities that the law enforcement officers resulted in mr floyd staff and that specifically those activities were the subdual of the restraint and neck compression and does this not also represent your own conclusion yes a conclusion you have reached an opinion you hold a reasonable degree of medical certainty yes she said police officers find no pulse and george floyd on the ground continue to exert pressure on him she ruled out drugs or heart disease is the cause of death a theory put forward by the defense she suggested if george floyd had not encountered the police that night he would still be alive do you. have an opinion to reasonable degree of medical certainty if mr thwaite would have died that night had he not been subject to the subdual and restraint of the police there's no evidence to suggest he would have died that night except fo

on his neck for more than 9 minutes a quarter of the past few hours has been hearing from dr lindsay thomas a forensic pathologist also an expert on areas where medicine and law overlap the court currently in recess the taking the morning break alan fisher is outside the courthouse in minneapolis. up to speed with what's been happening so far on this day 10 of the of this trial. important testimony is again the prosecution go through expert witnesses as you see lindsay an expert in forensic medicine she was saying that the reason that george floyd died was the actions of the police she was asked whether or not fentanyl or perhaps. other drugs contributed to the death of george floyd wasn't the case although there were some detected in his bloodstream she laid the blame very firmly at the actions of law enforcement she said she reviewed the video and she could see that he was struggling to breathe there was a difficulty for him even simply to get a breath and that lack of breath in this system led to the failure of his brain and then the failure of his heart i will tediously happen she said

floyd died due to a lack of oxygen from the way he was held down by police forensic pathologist lindsay thomas has explained how the pressure george floyd was on the during his arrest restricted his airway making it difficult to breathe she rejected the defense theory that floyd's drug use and underlying health problems killed him. but what it means to me is that the activities of the law enforcement officers resulted in mr floyd staff and that specifically those activities were this the dual of the restraint and neck compression and does this not also represent your own conclusion yes a conclusion you have reached them opinion you hold a reasonable degree of medical certainty yes mammals ambassador to the u.n. has called for a no fly zone an arms embargo and sanctions against the military jhumpa he was speaking at a special virtual briefing for security council members protest leaders well then $600.00 civilians have been killed in the crackdown since the military took power of the stars of february of a sister out of talks to revive the landlocked 2015 nuclear agreement between iran and worl

we're very low and that he had a high tolerance then you had dr lindsay thomas who trained baker another forensic pathologist and she said he died because of a lack of oxygen that lack of oxygen was due to derek chauvinist neon george floyd's neck so the defense really going to have to come up with some kind of witness in the next 2 weeks and we expect them to start their case early next week who says derek chauvinist did not kill george floyd with his knee on his neck and that something else did their theory so far has been drugs and that theory has been doused with cold water and beyond that testimony from expert medical examiners today what else has been going on in the courtroom. well it's been interesting when we read the pool reports only 2 reporters are allowed in that room so we the rest of us get that information via reports and. what we found is that up until now here it chauvinist had a chair for someone to come in and join him and no family member or friend has done that even took the chair away for a while well today there was a woman in that chair woman that he escorted int

lindsay thomas. >> there never has been a case i have been involved with which had videos over such a long time frame from so many different perspectives. >> they are so powerful but backed up by medical and viens misdemeanor. do you think the defense made progress today? is there a gap in the case you are looking for prosecutors to fill. we knew that baker had made statements that the prosecution wasn't too thrilled with. that is why you see them calling him as a witness after two powerful scientific experts in the form of what we saw today. and then, you can see baker who said things in the report that were not great for the prosecution and the defense made a little headway asking the question were drugs a factor in death. the defense has to get past the idea that the knee in the back of the neck was a substantial factor in george floyd's death. the defense, in a way, has the burden. they have to show the knee in the back of the neck was no factor in the death of george floyd. that is why they are raising drug abuse and that is why they are developing the causation defense. if succe

lindsay thomas. >> there's never been a case that i've been involved with that had videos over such aspectives. >> the thing about the videos, danny, is they're so powerful. but they're backed up by medical and eyewitness testimony. an expert going through what george floyd had to endure. do you think the defense made any progress today? is there a gap in the case that you're looking for prosecutors to fill on monday? >> the defense made a little headway today, but that was to be expected. we all knew for some time that baker, the medical examiner, had made some statements that the prosecution probably wasn't too thrilled with. that's why you see them calling him after two powerful scientific experts. and then they call up baker, who said things in his report that weren't so great for the prosecution. and the defense made a little headway by asking, were drugs a factor in the death? and he had to admit, yes, they were. but the defense has to get past the idea that the knee in neck was a substantial factor. in minnesota, that's enough for a conviction. the defense in a way has the burd

lindsay thomas ruling out suggestions by the defense that mr.yd could have died from a heart attack or from a drug overdose. dr. thomas clear, the police on trial, the officer on trial, in her view, is the cause of mr. floyd's death. >> what it means to me is that the activities of the law enforcement officers resulted in mr. floyd's death and that specifically those activities were the subduel of restraint and neck compression. >> to discuss is cnn senior legal analyst laura coates and our law enforcement analyst charles ramsey. thank you both for being here. laura coates, this medical testimony, part of the prosecution build, the medical examiner, we believe, will come next. your perspective on how the prosecution is building its case? >> they're doing a great job of it. they're building off and corroborating from prior testimony. you're seeing and hearing from the bystanders first, talking about law enforcement. they pretty much covered the idea of this was an unreasonable amount of force to use. now they're in that substantial causal factor

doctor lindsay thomas, an expert called by the prosecution review. doctor baker's autopsy report and told the jury it was one of the most thorough she's ever seen. the defense asked her how the drugs in floyd's system impacted his heart. so. >> methamphetamine and adrenaline caused the work to the heart to work harder. and increases hearts. oxygen means yes. >> but despite the hard issues and drugs doctor thomas agreed with the medical examiner that floyd's death was a result of low oxygen caused by law enforcement. the trial continues monday morning. brian entin newsnation. >> all right. weather time now as we get a live look here at the golden gate bridge. it's a friday night and there is reason to celebrate indeed we are the weekend coffers. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with a look yeah, that weather certainly looking nice out there not only here but around the entire state. we're seeing a lot of sunshine. so let's check out your getaway forecast tonight. if you plan on doing a little traveling. hey, how about the monterey bay.

lindsay thomas. they were looking at scratches on mr. floyd's hands, on his face when he was pressed against the pavement there. from the jury, from the pool reporter in the courtroom, we were told the jurors were engaged. they were flipping through the photos. some were taking notes. george floyd's family is also in the courtroom. they were doing the same. what stood out is there wasn't any noticeable reaction. no furrowing of the brow. we understand the jurors were attentive during the prosecution's questioning of dr. thomas and not as attentive when the defense was cross exam. there was news out of the courtroom that one juror told the judge she turned on the tv yesterday and saw a glimpse of court and she turned the tv off. the juror also said she received a text message from her mother-in-law saying it was a bad day. the judge thought it was minor and believed this juror was not intentionally trying to find information about the case. he didn't do anything further. didn't take any other steps further to reprimand this juror. jeff? >

doctor lindsay thomas, an expert called by the prosecution review. doctor baker's autopsy report and told the jury it was one of the most thorough she's ever seen. the defense asked her how the drugs in floyd's system impacted his heart. so. >> methamphetamine and adrenaline caused the work to the heart to work harder. and increases hearts. oxygen needs. yes. >> but despite the hard issues and drugs doctor thomas agreed with the medical examiner that floyd's death was a result of low oxygen caused by law enforcement. the trial continues monday morning. brian entin newsnation. new at 8 or officer with the fresno police department has been fired after an internal investigation tied him to the far right extremist group, the proud boys now with our sister station in fresno has the latest on what that investigation turned up in. >> but the city says they plan to do next. >> it's a story that made local and national headlines fresno police officer rick fitzgerald terminated weeks after being placed on leave when images linking him to the proud boys first s

know shows that, yes, he had an enlarged heart and drugs in his system, but forensic pathologist lindsay thomas the bottom line. listen to this. >> there's no evidence to suggest he would have died that night, is except for the interactions with law enforcement. >> medical examiner andrew baker as well said that heart disease and drugs did play a role in his death but that they were not the direct cause of his death, as we said earlier. do you find that to be accurate in your estimation and based on what you know? >> yeah, christi, i would have to say so. you have to ask yourself kind of this broad philosophical question, had mr. floyd and mr. chauvin not met at that moment in time, would mr. floyd have survived that day, and of course you have to come back to the logical conclusion, yes, mr. floyd would still be with us. his disease process that he had going on within his body, coupled with drugs, they were significant, and maybe, and i think that dr. baker had kind of opined on this as well, had he not had these preexisting disease, he may have fared better in a struggle, but at the end of th

lindsay thomas, after spending a significant portion of her morning on the stand there with a grateful thanks to the judge as he told her it was time to break for lunch, and that she was done as a witness. let's bring in now laura coates, charles ramsey and forensic pathologist dr. christopher happy. this was yet another morning where i found myself glued to my television as i was learning so much about what a forensic pathologist does, how an autopsy is performed, what that initial autopsy report that we often see, what it really tells us, and what else goes into making determinations on manner and cause of death. we're going to get to all of that. but laura, i think we need to pick up with where we just left off here. at the end. so we saw from the defense some really interesting lines of questioning, i would say, basically saying to dr. thomas, so if you talk everything out of this equation, and mr. floyd had been found at home would you have another cause of death? on the prosecution, the attorney mr. blackwell picked up on that pretty quickly and asked her about it. i want to play

forensic pathologist, dr lindsay thomas also testified she did not work on the case. but she agreed that floyd died of the lack of oxygen from being held down by show vin not from a drug overdose. mr flay juice. a fentanyl did not cause the sub duel or neck restrained. his heart disease did not cause the duel or the neck restraint. there's no evidence to suggest he would have died that night except for the interactions with law enforcement. the autopsy found fentanyl and methamphetamine in floyd system, but baker said that drugs did not cause floyd's death. testimony will resume on monday. volcanic eruption in the caribbean panicked residents forced to evacuate. the island of st vincent and in very weather a bit of a cool down for today, but temperatures will be trending up this weekend and possibly into next week. we'll have the forecast update coming up. and prince philip has died at the age of 99. after the break the tributes pouring in from all bran island of st vincent. a column of ash could be seen shooting tooth 20,000 ft into the year, roughly 16,000 people li

building their case for conviction and the derek chauvin murder trial forensic pathologist doctor lindsay thomas, explain to jurors her rulings as we observed george floyd's autopsy photos. she said floyd's body was positioned in a way that blocked him from getting adequate oxygen and that is manner of death was homicide doctor thomas also testified that floyd fought to breathe as evidence by the discoloration on his face where he scraped a skin on the pavement. he's struggling to push himself into a position where he can grieve. doctor thomas also concluded that floyd's death was due to the actions of police and their quote, restraint subdual and compression of his body there's no evidence to suggest he would have died that night except for the interactions with law enforcement methamphetamine speeds up. >> you degree that fentanyl is a respiratory. the press right. >> yes, the defense has argued that drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine that were found in floyd's system along with other underlying medical issues like a heart condition led to his death. but doctor thomas rule that methamphet

doctor lindsay thomas, an expert called by the prosecution review. doctor baker's autopsy report and told the jury it was one of the most thorough she's ever seen. the defense asked her how the drugs in floyd's system impacted his heart. so. >> methamphetamine and adrenaline caused the work to the heart to work harder. and increases hearts. oxygen means yes. >> but despite the hard issues and drugs doctor thomas agreed with the medical examiner that floyd's death was a result of low oxygen caused by law enforcement. the trial continues monday morning. i'm brian entin reporting. >> it's happening right now. mayor london breed here park elementary school as the youngest learners go back to school for the first time and over a year on live coming up after the break. come experience floor and decor's grand opening in pleasant hill! comfortably shop our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. explore floor and decor's newest area location. now open in plea

building their case for conviction in the dark show the murder trial forensic pathologist doctor lindsay thomas explain to jurors her rulings as we observed george floyd's autopsy photos. she said floyd's body was positioned in a way that blocked him from getting adequate oxygen and that is manner of death was homicide doctor thomas also testified that floyd fought to breathe as evidence by the discoloration on his face. we scrape the skin on the pavement. he's struggling to push himself into a position where he can brief doctor thomas also concluded that floyd's death was due to the actions of police and their quote, restraint subdual and compression of his body there's no evidence to suggest he would have died that night except for the interactions with law enforcement methamphetamine speeds up. >> and you degree that fentanyl is a respiratory. the press right. >> yes, the defense has argued that drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine that were found in floyd's system along with other underlying medical issues like a heart condition led to his death. but doctor thomas rule that methamphetami

dr lindsay thomas testified that floyd died from als. lack of oxygen from being held down by officers. she also addressed the defense's theory that floyd died from a drug overdose or other underlying health issues. there's no evidence to suggest he would have died that night. except for the interactions with law enforcement. under cross examination, dr thomas agreed with the defense that floyd's heart was slightly enlarged and one of his arteries had a 90% blockage that prompting a hypothetical question from attorney eric nelson. let's assume you found mr floyd dead in his residence. no police involvement. no drugs, right. the only thing you found would be these facts about his heart. what would you conclude to be the cause of death in that very narrow set of circumstances, i would probably conclude that the cause of death was his heart disease. jurors return to court monday for a third week of testimony in many of. let's meiktila band fox news. well merryweather. we cooled out those temperatures a bit for today and are mostly sunny skie

lindsay thomas testified that floyd died from. lack of oxygen from being held down by officers. she also addressed the defense's theory that floyd died from a drug overdose or other underlying health issues. there's no evidence to suggest he would have died that night. except for the interactions with law enforcement. under cross examination, dr thomas agreed with the defense that floyd's heart was slightly enlarged in one of his arteries had a 90% blockage that prompting a hypothetical question from attorney eric nelson. let's assume you found mr floyd dead in his residence. no police involvement. no drugs, right. the only thing you found would be these facts about his heart. what would you conclude to be the cause of death in that very narrow set of circumstances, i would probably conclude that the cause of death was his heart disease. jurors return to court monday for a third week of testimony in many. bless mike coburn, fox news lawmakers air coming together to stop the violence against asian americans today u. s senator alex padilla and california congressman ted lieu parti

lindsay thomas had a different view. >> i think thesphyxia or low ox. >> nbc's shaquille brewster isering the trial and joins us now with a look back at this week. what have you learned about the reaction from inside the courthouse from the jury and from the family? >> well, joshua, you know, this is something that we are relying on, two pool reporters, two reporters inside the courtroom who go every day. it's a rotating set of reporters. and we rely on them for their views, what they're seeing from the family, what they're seeing from the jury. and it seems as if the jury is very engaged in what they are hearing from. as we look at the prosecution's case and what we've heard from so far, you see a narrative arc to what they're presenting. we started last week with the bystanders, the people who were there on the video, including that minor, 17-year-old darnella frazier who recorded that video and posted it to facebook and that's what sparked everything. that's arguably why we have this case right now and this trial right now. we heard from the bystanders. we heard from some of the f

dr lindsay thomas testified that floyd died from a lack of oxygen from being held down by officers. she also addressed the defense's theory that floyd died from a drug overdose or other underlying health issues. there's no evidence to suggest he would have died that night. except for the interactions with law enforcement. under cross examination, dr thomas agreed with the defense that floyd's heart was slightly enlarged in one of his arteries had a 90% blockage that prompting a hypothetical question from attorney eric nelson. let's assume you found mr floyd dead in his residence. no police involvement. no drugs, right. the only thing you found would be these facts about his heart. what would you conclude to be the cause of death in that very narrow set of circumstances, i would probably conclude that the cause of death was his heart disease. jurors return to court monday for a third week of testimony in many. bless mike coburn, fox news and joining us now is dr aarti. get tiner. she is the founding director of the center on race, leadership and social justice at the university of st

doctor lindsay thomas, an expert called by the prosecution review. doctor baker's autopsy report and told the jury it was one of the most thorough she's ever seen. the defense asked her how the drugs in floyd's system impacted his heart. so. >> methamphetamine and adrenaline caused the work to the heart to work harder. and increases hearts. oxygen means yes. >> but despite the hard issues and drugs doctor thomas agreed with the medical examiner that floyd's death was a result of low oxygen caused by law enforcement. the trial continues monday morning. i'm brian entin reporting. >> 6.20, and congress returns to washington. this weekend. they have a lot to do. there are always busy ryan busier with president biden because they want to tackle immigration and gun reform. let's go to washington correspondent and for more live from dc good morning. anna. good morning. that's right. when congress returns today to capitol hill. >> they have a very busy agenda democrats have a lengthy list of bills that they want to push through to the president's desk. but a

died from a lack of oxygen here's the way that he was held down by police forensic pathologist lindsay thomas has explained how the pressure george floyd was on the during his arrest restricted his airway making it difficult for him to breathe she rejected the defense theory that floyd's drug use and underlying health problems that killed him prosecutors asked dr thomas to explain her analysis of floyd's autopsy and what it means to me is that the activities that the law enforcement officers resulted in mr floyd staff and that specifically those activities were of the subdual of the restraint and neck compression and does this not also represent your own conclusion yes a conclusion you have reached an opinion you hold a reasonable degree of medical certainty yes. lived out of minneapolis alan fischer is covering the trial for us and i'm talking through what we've heard so far on this day 10 of the trial. moments of mention several times adrian this is all about the prosecution building the blocks of their case yesterday we heard from a pulmonologist a breathing expert here we're hearing from

number of experts to see george floyd died because of police action latest to appear in court lindsay thomas a forensic pathologist who reviewed the videos of the night and me and analyzed all the photos and lab reports what it means to me is the the activities of the law enforcement officers resulted in mr ford staff and that specifically those activities were the subdual of a restraint and neck compression and does this not also represent your own conclusion yes a conclusion you have reached an opinion you hold a reasonable degree of medical certainty yes. she said police officers find no pulse and george floyd is really on the ground but continued to accept pressure on him she ruled out drugs or heart disease is the cause of death a theory put forward by the defense she suggested if george floyd had not encountered the police that night he would still be alive do you have an opinion to reasonable degree of medical certainty if mr thwaite would have died that night had he not been subject to the subdual and restraint of the police there's no evidence to suggest he would have died that nigh

building their case for conviction and the dark show the murder trial forensic pathologist doctor lindsay thomaserved george floyd's autopsy photos. she said floyd's body was positioned in a way that blocked him from getting adequate oxygen and that is manner of death was homicide doctor thomas also testified that floyd fought to breathe as evidence by the discoloration on his face where he scraped a skin on the pavement. struggling to push himself into a position where he can brief doctor thomas also concluded that floyd's death was due to the actions of police and their quote, restraint subdual and compression of this body. there's no evidence to suggest he would have died that night except for the interactions with law enforcement methamphetamine speeds up. >> and you degree that fentanyl is a respiratory the process right. >> yes, the defense has argued that drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine that were found in floyd's system along with other underlying medical issues like a heart condition led to his death. but doctor thomas rule that methamphetamine was not a significant factor in his

thomas, that he felt comfortable. please state your full name. >> my name is lindsay carol thomas. >> thank you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> would you tell us what kind of a doctor you are? >> i'm a forensic pathologist. >> what is a forensic apologist? >> it is a branch of medicine in which medicine and law overlap. so it could be anything with medical and legal components, it could be toxicology, in some cases it could involve patients. but a lot of this is practice and it involves what is called medical and legal investigation. >> does it involve taking care of patients? >> no, a pathologist could be consulted to help with the evaluation and interpretation of injuries, but not in the treatment or clinical sense. >> so most of your work is not on deceased people? >> yes, correct. >> the state statute with the types of deaths that have to be reported to the medical examiner, briefly they tend to be unnatural deaths like accidents, suicides, homicides, unexpected suspicious deaths, that type of category of death. >> do you give special training in how to determine the cause of death? >> yes. >> can you tell us

. >> lindsay carol thomas. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> please tell us what kind of a doctor you are. >> i am a forensic pathologist. >> what is a forensic pathologist? >> forensic pathology is a branch of pathology, a range of medicine medicine and law overlap so could be anything with medical and legal component, it can be toxicology, in some cases it may involve living patients but as i practice in most factors, it involves medical legal death investigation. >> doesn't involve taking care of patients in a clinical sense? >> not living patients, no. forensic pathologist may be consulted to help with the evaluation and interpretation of the injuries in the living patients but not in treatment or clinical site. >> most of your work is on deceased people. >> correct. >> any specific type of death?on >> yes, the state statute list the types of death have to be reported to the medical examiner briefly, they tend to be a natural death, so accident,, suicide unexpected death, potentially suspicious death, that type of category of death. >> do you get special training in how to det

> doctor thomas, if you feel comfortable doing so weask you to remove your mask and i will keep mine on . and let's begin by having you speak your full name,spelling interview names . >> lindsay carol, car hello thomas. ph ams. >>. >> morning doctor thomas. would you please tell us what kind after you are ? >> i am a forensic apologist. what is a forensicapologist ? >> ecology is that branch of ecology which is a branch of medicine where medicine and law overlap. so it could be anything with our medical and legal components, it could be toxicology, in some cases it may involve living patients but as i practice, and as most forensic apologist practice it involves medical legal death investigations. >> does involve taking care of patients in the clinical sense ? >> not letting patients know. a forensic apologist may be consulted to help with the evaluation and interpretation of injury in a living patients. but not in a treatment or clinical sense. >> so most of your work is done then on deceased people. >> correct. >> any specific types of deaths? >> yes, the state tattooed with the types of debts that have to be reported to the medical examiner and recently, they can be unnatu

you have the testimony of doctors tobin, doctor rich and doctor smock and doctor lindsay thomas ultimately they concluded is fixed deal death however the state also presented doctor baker's testimony in large part while declared it a homicide of medical purposes which is not criminal obligation or standard. he suggested something that mr. floyd's heart simply couldn't handle the stress of the circumstances. so the state has introduced doubt in thete context of providing multiple opinions from multiple experts all which contradict each other for that reason we ask the court to grant the motion for judgment of acquittal. >> the state opposes the defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal as we have presented it. it establishes all of the elements of all of the crimes charged with reasonable use of m force. the issue is not whether there are inconsistencies that are minor and what i witnesses say but taken as a whole, the state has proved the case. with the reasonable force analysis. there is no question the witnesses who have testified have all opined the defendants force was objectively u