face down on the pavement. right on 38th in chicago in minneapolis. 9 minutes and 29 seconds 9 minutes and 29 seconds. during this time george floyd struggle desperate to breathe. to make enough room in his chest to breathe. but the force was too much he was trapped use traps with the un building pavement underneath him as an yielding as the men who held him down. pushing him. the need to the neck and need to the back twisting his fingers holding his legs for 9 minutes and 29 seconds the defendant's weight on him. the lungs in his chest unable to expand because there wasn't enough room to breathe george floyd tried he pushed his bare shoulder against the pavement to lift himself to give his chest to give his lungs enough room in his chest to breathe with the pavement tearing into his bare skin as he desperately pushed with his knuckles to make space so he'd have room to breathe the pavement lacerating lacerating his knuckles. the defendant stayed on top of him for 9 minutes and 29 seconds so desperate to breath

resting comfortably on the pavement? >> yes. >> at this time when he is attempting to breathe by shoving his shoulder into the pavement. >> i'm describing the signs of what a perfectly compliant person would be. >> attempting to breathe while restrained is not compliant? >> no. >> no. >> you are aware if we can take a look at the body worn camera starting on exhibit 29 at 20:23:28. >> and at this point kueng thao's body worn camera and there's more people. using the teenage girl with the cell phone. >> yes. >> she is joined by what appears to be a juvenile female wearing a love shirt. another teenager filling, is that right? you see that? >> yes. >> and then there is an individual in a hooded sweatshirt standing on the sidewalk, correct? >> yes. >> okay you can play that. >> he isn't breathing. you don't see that? i trained at the academy, bro. you're stopping his breathing right there. >> you heard mr. thao say he's talking, referring to mr. floyd, because he was talking. he said i can't breathe and it was even more slo

>> lifting the face up off the pavement? >> that's right. >> no, using your face to lift your body up off the pavement. >> objection. >> that would cause pain. >> objection, argumentive. >> overruled on that ground. >> that could cause pain. >> the only struggling that you saw mr. floyd doing after he was restrained was struggling to breathe, isn't that right? >> -- >> overruled on that ground. >> i don't know. if he was struggling or struggling to catch a breath, i can't tell. >> in any event, struggling to breathe is not active resistance, is it? >> to me, no. to the officer, it may be. >> officers are trained in terms of the dangers of positional asphyxiation. officers are trained there can be a physical response to having oxygen deprived of you as a result of the pressure. isn't that right? >> there can be. >> [ inaudible ]. >> overruled. you can answer. >> they are trained about that, correct? >> yes. >> and it's much like the analogy used if someone is holding your head underwater, there's a natural reaction to struggl

the pavement teared into his skin and he was losing strength. not super human strength. there was no super human strength that day. there was no super human strength because there is no such thing as a super human. those exist in comic books. 38th and chicago is a very real place. not super humans. only humans. just a human, just a man, lying on the pavement being pressed upon desperately crying out. a grown man, crying out for his mother. a human being and in that time and in that place while he was surrounded in life by people that knew him. faces he could pick out, there was no one there that he knew. he was surrounded by strangers. strangers, all of them, nine minutes and 29 seconds. he was surrounded by strangers, not a familiar face to say his final words. but he did say them to someone. he said them to someone who he did not know by name, but he knew him by the uniform he wore. and the badge he wore. and he called him mr. officer. that's what he called him. mr. officer. mr. officer would help. you call the police when you need help and he pleaded with mr. officer.

the knees pushing on his neck and back downward, the pavement, the force of the pavement being unyielding, it was like he was in a vice. he was being squeezed in a vice. he calculated, right, between chauvin, the defendant, officer kueng pushing down on him, approximately 90 pounds of force, and the position and the force combined such that it was as if, it was as if -- reduction of air capacity to the point that mr. floyd was desperately trying to make space to breathe, pushing his shoulder, pushing his face against the pavement to lift up to give space to breathe. his lung capacity, based on doctor tobin's calculation, had just being in the prone position, even though he heard some studies from the defense say the prone position is not dangerous, doctor tobin disagreed. he said that the lung capacity was reduced by 24%, just by the prone position, 43% when you consider the additional pressure. doctor tobin's opinion corroborates the police training and what the police have known for 30 years. but there's a danger in the prone position and the danger is positional asphyxia and the worst

the pavement, force of the pavement being unyielding, it was like he was in a vice. he was being, you know, squeezed in a vice. he calculated, right, between chauvin, the defendant, officer king, pushing down on him, approximately 90 pounds of force. and the position and the force combined such that it was if -- it was as if george floyd's left lung had been surgically removed. that's how much of a reduction of air capacity there was here. to the point that mr. floyd was desperately trying to make space to breathe, pushing his shoulder, pushing his face against the pavement to lift up, to give space to breathe. his lung capacity, based on dr. tobin's calculation, had, just being in the prone position, even though you heard studies from the defense saying, you know, the prone position isn't dangerous, well, dr. tobin disagreed. he said that the lung capacity was reduced by 24% just by the prone position. 43% when you consider the additional pressure. dr. tobin's opinion corroborates the police training and what the police have known for 30 years. there is a danger to

the knees pushing on his neck and back downward, the pavement, the force of the pavement being unyielding, it was like he was in a vice, that he was being squeezed in a vice. he calculated between chauvin, the defendant, officer kueng pushing down on him, approximately 90 pounds of force. the position and the force combined such that it was as if george floyd's level lung had been surgically removed. that's how much of a reduction of air capacity there was here to the point that mr. floyd was desperately trying to make space to breathe, pushing his shoulder, pushing his face against the pavement to lift up, to give space to breathe. his lung capacity based on dr. tobin's calculation, even though you heard studies from the defense saying the prone position wasn't dangerous, dr. tobin disagreed. he said the lung capacity was reduced 24% from the prone position, 43% when you consider the additional pressure. dr. tobin's opinion corroborates the police training and what the police have known for 20 years, that there's a danger to the prone position. the danger is positional asphyxia. the wors

the knees pushing on his neck and back downward, the pavement, the force of the pavement being unyielding, it was like he was in a vice. he was being squeezed in a vice. he calculated, right, between chauvin, the defendant, officer kueng pushing down on him, approximately 90 pounds of force, and the position and the force combined such that it was as if, it was as if -- reduction of air capacity to the point that mr. floyd was desperately trying to make space to breathe, pushing his shoulder, pushing his face against the pavement to lift up to give space to breathe. his lung capacity, based on doctor tobin's calculation, had just being in the prone position, even though he heard some studies from the defense say the prone position is not dangerous, doctor tobin disagreed. he said that the lung capacity was reduced by 24%, just by the prone position, 43% when you consider the additional pressure. doctor tobin's opinion corroborates the police training and what the police have known for 30 years. but there's a danger in the prone position and the danger is positional asphyxia and the worst

but the pavement tearing into his bare skin. as he desperately pushed with his knuckles to make space so he'd have room to breathe, the pavement lacerated, lacerated his knuckles. the defendant stayed on top of him for 9:29. so bdesperate to breathe, he pushed with his face, with had is face. to lift himself. to open his chest. to give his lungs room to breathe. the pavement tearing into his skin. george floyd losing strength. not super human strength. there is no super human strength. that day. there is no super human strength because there is no such thing as a super human. those exist in comic books. at 38th and xhaug a very real place. not super humans. only humans. just a human, just a man lying on the pavement being pressed upon desperately crying out, a grown man crying out for his mother. a human being. and in that time, in that place, while he was surrounded in life by people he knew him, faces he could pick out, there was no one there he knew. he was surrounded by strangers. strangers, all of them, 9:29. he surrounded

the knee is pushing on his neck and back downward, the pavement, the force of the pavement being unyieldingit was like he was in a vice. that is he was being, you know, squeezed in a vice. and he calculated, right, between chauvin, the defendant, officer king, pushing down on him approximately 90 pounds of force. and the position and the force combined such that it was if -- it was as if george floyd's left lung had been surgical removed. that's how much of a reduction of air capacity there was here. to the point that mr. floyd was desperately trying to make space to breathe, pushing his shoulder, pushing his face against the pavement to lift up to give space to breathe. his lung capacity based on dr. tobin's calculation, just being in the prone position, you heard studies from the defense saying, you know, the prone position isn't dangerous, dr. tobin disagreed. he said that the lung capacity was reduced by 24% just by the prone position. 43% when you consider the additional pressure. dr. tobin's opinion corroborates the police training and what the police have known for 30 years. that the

pavement? i mean, i don't get the defense strategy, but then again, i never went to law school. >> laura coates, when the prosecution had the opportunity to cross-examine barry brodd, the expert called by the defense. in terms of when floyd stopped resisting and, therefore, what was justified in terms of the response. i want to play that sound and get your reaction to it. >> he's not talking, correct? >> yes. >> he's not resisting. >> doesn't appear to be, no. >> and from this point forward, the defendant remains on top of him. remains on top of him in the same position as when he started the restraining period, isn't that true? >> i'd say the same general position, not the same exact position. >> the point there, and it did go on, that testimony was that the expert in effect is arguing here, listen, this guy, floyd, could have resisted, could have pushed back. but the prosecution says, he was unconscious. how can he resist when he's unconscious. tell us how impactful that cross-examination was

he is watching his body move turning his face into the pavement to try to get more oxygen. this is the progression as we does that i step and deeper into lower levels of oxygen in mr. floyd lungs. we also have, using his elbow to try and leverage his chest up. >> doctor in addition to the restraint we see there in the video was there other evidence including physical evidence that supported your conclusion that mr. floyd died of low oxygen or 60 a? >> yes and i think it will be in the next session -- section as we go through, we hear his voice get weaker and weaker. you will see him lose facial expression. you will hear him make sounds of trying to breathe. he then goes unconscious. he will then see in the next section he has what is called an anoxic feature a fancy word for his brain is going without oxygen, his legs shake and you will see and you can hear the handcuffs shaken you will see the body shake when he has an anoxic seizure further on down the line. sparrow for their visible injuries to him as well that you could see doctor smock? >> yes. his left shoulder was gr

the pavement, the force of the pavement being unyielding, it was like he was in a vice. that he was being squeezed in a vice and he calculated, right, between chauvin, the defendant, officer king pushing down on him approximately 90 pounds of force. and the position and the force combined such that it was if it -- it was as if george floyd's left lung had been surgically removed. that's how much of a reduction of air capacity there was here to the point that mr. floyd was desperately trying to make space to breathe pushing his shoulder, pushing his face against the pavement to lift up to give space to breathe. his lung capacity based on dr. tobin's calculation just being in the prone position even though you heard some studies from the defense saying the prone position isn't dangerous, dr. tobin disagreed. he said that the lung capacity was reduced by 24% just by the prone position. 43% when you consider the additional pressure. dr. tobin's opinion corroborates the police training and what the police have known for 30 years. there is a danger in the prone position. the d

on face down on a pavement righn 38th and chicago in minneapolis. nine minutes and 29 seconds, nine minutes and 29 seconds. during this time george floyd struggled desperate to breathe. to make enough room in his chest to breathe. but the force was too much. he was trapped. he was trapped with the unyielding pavement underneath him, as unyielding as the man who held him down, pushing him, i knee to the neck, i knee to the back, twisting his fingers, holding his legs for nine minutes and 29 seconds, the defendant's wait on him. the lungs on his chest unable to expand because it wasn't enough room to breathe. george floyd tried. he pushed his bare shoulder against the pavement to lift himself to give his chest, to give his lungs enough room in his chest to breathe but the pavement tearing into his bare skin. as he desperately pushed with his knuckles to make space so he would have room to breathe, the pavement lacerating, lacerating his knuckles when the defendant stayed on top of him for nine minutes and 29 seconds. so desperate to breathe, he pushed

he's saying that george floyd was non-compliant when he was in the prone position on the pavement and he was saying that putting him in that position doesn't constitute a use of force. so listen. >> what part of this is non-compliant? >> i see a picture posted that a person would have both hands in the small of their back resting comfortably versus moving around. >> did you say resting comfortably? >> or lying comfortably. >> resting comfortably on the pavement. >> yes. >> at this point in time when he's attempting to breathe by shoving his shoulder into the pavement. >> describing what the signs of a perfectly compliant person would be. >> so attempting to breathe while restrained is being slightly non-compliant? >> no. >> i want to do two things here. first to chief ramsey, just on the facts he said, that george floyd on the ground was non-compliant t idea that it wasn't use of force. based on your decades of experience, is what he's saying close to the truth? >> no. i don't know mr. brodd. i've never met him. but i've met people who have a similar mind-set. i don't know exactly wha

>> or laying comfortably. >> resting comfortably, on the pavement? >> yes. >> at this point, in time, when he is attempting to breathe by shoving his shoulder into the pavement? >> i was describing what the signs of a perfectly-compliant person would be. >> charles, before i have to let y'all go, how do you see the net effect of that testimony? that effort, by the defense, to justify derek chauvin's actions. >> well, the thing that makes this case unique is that we actually have video. a lot of times, with trials, you are dealing with witnesses who are describing a scene. you may have a picture or photograph. but you don't have actual-realtime video. and so, the prosecution is able to, completely, erase this attempt at a defense, from the defense, because they are going to simply say, use your common sense. use what your eyes are telling you because you have the benefit of the video. we've all seen it. we all know what it looks like. and if you pair that with your -- with your common sense, it only affirms what those witnesses have said. so, that def

everybody knows what happens when you push somebody against the pavement. you learn this pretty early on. we learn this pretty early on. assault in the third degree requires that the defendant inflicted substantial bodily harm on george floyd. substantial bodily harm meaning a temporary but substantial loss or impairment with a function of a bodily member or organ. the lungs, the heart. temporary loss of consciousness qualifies as substantial bodily harm. certainly, a permanent loss of consciousness would constitute substantial bodily harm. look at this point in the restraint and you see the absence of expression, the absence of muscle tension. he is unconscious. he lost consciousness. that's substantial bodily harm. he did that. that's his knee. when you consider the charge of second degree murder, try to break it down into parts. the defendant caused george floyd's death. he did. the state proved that beyond a reasonable doubt. at the time of causing the death, the defendant committed or was attempting an assault in the third degree. that's been proved be

but the pavement tearing into his bare skin.kles to make space so he would have room to breathe, the pavement lacerateing -- lacerateing his knuckles. the defendant stayed on top of him for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. so desperate to breathe he pushed with his face, with his face to lift himself, to open his chest, to give his lungs room to breathe. the pavement tearing into his skin. george floyd losing strength, not super human strength. there was no super human strength that day. there is no super human strength because there is no such thing as a super human. those exist in comic books and 38th and chicago is a very real place. not super humans. only humans: just a human, just a man lying on the pavement being pressed upon desperately crying out, a grown man crying out for his mother. a human being. and in that time and in that place while he was surrounded in life by people he knew him and faces he could pick out, there was no one there he knew. he was surrounded by strangers. strangers all of them. 9 minutes 29 seconds he is

>> or laying comfortably. >> resting comfortably on the pavement? >> at this point of time when he's attempting to breathe by shoving his shoulder into the pavement. >> i was describing what a perfectly compliant person would be. so attempting to breathe, while restrained is being slightly noncompliant? no. >> professor walter that's the kind of moment you are talking about, where the defense witness that ends up complying with the prosecution cross-examination if we can refer to it that way. >> absolutely. the prosecution on cross, there i think was very effective, because he capitalized, or rather jumped on what this witness stated, resting comfortably? you can't let that pass by. he didn't get excited about it, but he was able to follow up the questions. and yet the witness didn't really think about what he was saying. in this is quite a contrast to what we saw last week. witnesses were prepared and thoughtful about the responses. and as a matter of fact the defense was unable in most cases, to get them to walk back their responses. it's a qualit

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with the pavement tearing into his bare skin.d pick out, there was no one there he knew. he was surrounded by strangers. strangers, all of them, nine minutes and 29 seconds. surrounded by strangers, not a familiar face to say his final words. but he did say them to someone. he said them to someone who he did not know by name but he knew him from the uniform he wore and the badge he wore and he called him mr officer. that is what he called him. mr officer. mr officerwould he called him. mr officer. mr officer would help, we call the police when we need help, and he pleaded with mr officer. george floyd�*s final words on the 25th of may 2020 were, " please, i can�*t breathe", and he said those words to mr officer, he said those words to the defendant. he asked for help with his very last breath but mr officer did not help and the defendant did not help, he stayed on top of him, continued to push him down, to grind his knees and twist his hand and twist his fingers into the handcuffs that bound him, looking at him, staring, staring

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>> yes. >> when he's attempting to breathe by shoving the shoulders into the pavement. so attempting to breathe while being uncompliant? >> no. >> no. >> jerry, i want to go to you on this one because steve won't brag about it i am sure. it is one of those moments where you don't know that word is, you don't know that phrase is coming and it comes. jerry, you watched steve jumped on it and handled it and it worked. the jury interviewed exactly the way it appeared to. >> no, absolutely. i thought it was the one exchange that was essentially the indictment. the symbolic indictment in terms of his credibility that displayed that level of frankly insensitivity. >> that was outrageous testimony. starting off with the premise that this was not a use of force. it was outrageous. understand that premise, this was not a use of force is kind of a technical -- it is a restraint hole not likely to produce pain. how can you look at what was happening and make those words come out of your mouth that this was not likely to produce pain. and so, just from the beginning from his direct

when you push somebody down on the pavement, everybody knows this. everybody knows what happens when you push somebody against the pavement. right? you learn this pretty early on. we learn this pretty early on. assault in the third degree requires that the destfendant inflicted substantial bodily harm. a temporary but substantial loss or impairment of the function of bodily member. or organ. organs. the lungs, the heart, temporary loss of consciousness qualifies, substantial bodily harm. certainly a permanent loss of consciousness. it would constitute substantial bodily harm. you look at this point in the restraint. you see that absence of expression absence of muscle tension, he's unconscious. he lost consciousness. that is substantial bodily harm. that's his name. so when you consider the charge of second-degree murder, try to break it down into parts. find an order. the defendant caused george floyd's death. he did. the state proved that beyond a reasonable doubt. and at the time of causing the death, the defendant committed or was attempting an a

you saw that witness saying resting comfortably on the pavement what effect does that have does thatse doubt or does that cause a head shake? >> i think it depends in which jurors we're talking about, shep i think it drives a wedge straight through the jury panel, if there is one to be driven, because the people that appeal to have already had their minds made up. that's one rule i'd generally say is true in a courtroom you don't change people's mind, you appeal to something they already believe in you have to believe george floyd had it coming to be persuaded by that testimony. >> the defense definitely dug deeper into george floyd's past today. it's a strategy, you know, some would employ it, some wouldn't did it work? >> again, i think it only worked with people who already find that persuasive. i find digging into the past to be deeply offensive because we recognize in other contexts that that's wrong if someone's sexually assaulted, their sexual history is irrelevant to whether or not they're harmed the same is true of george floyd. they said it relates to cause of death, but th

>> or laying comfortably. >> resting comfortably on the pavement? >> yes. >> at this point in time, when he is attempting to breathe by shoving his shoulder into the pavement. >> i was describing what the signs of a perfectly compliant person would be. >> so attempting to breathe while restrained is being slightly noncompliant? >> no. >> no. >> jerry, i want to go to you on this one because steve won't brag about it i'm sure but it's one of those moments where you don't know that word is coming you watched steve jump on it, handle it and it worked on the jury according to this one juror interview exactly the way it appeared to. >> no absolutely, i thought it was the one exchange that was essentially the indictment, the symbolic indictment of his entire testimony in terms of credibility. it displayed that level of frankly insensitivity. >> lawrence that was outrageous testimony. starting off with the premise that this wasn't a use of force, it really was outrageous. because understand that that premise, that this wasn't a use of force is kind of a te

specialist dr martin tobin testified floyd died from a lack of oxygen while being pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck now the trial of the former police officer derrick jovan was shown animations of him and 2 other officers holding floyd done during the arrest. and it's because of the positioning of the handcuffs at the back there and how he's manipulated with the handcuffs by both the officer sharpen and by officer king how they manipulate the handcuffs and they're pushing the handcuffs into his back and pushing them high then on the other side you have the street so the street is playing a crucial part because he's against a hard ass false 3 so the way they're pushing down on his handcuffs combined with the street his left side and it's particularly the left side we see that it's like the left side is in a vise it's totally being pushed in squeezed in from each side. zeros correspondent john hendren joins us live from minneapolis john hi there what else did the experts testify today have to say. well peter it was day 9 in the murder trial of derek chauvin and it was a red le

everybody knows this 3 knows what happens when you push somebody against the pavement. he learned this pretty early on. we learned this pretty early on. assault in the 3rd degree requires that the defendant inflicted substantial bodily harm and george floyd. substantial bodily harm meaning a temporary but substantial loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ. organs the lungs the heart. temporary loss of consciousness qualifies a substantial bodily harm certainly a permanent loss of consciousness would constitute. substantial bodily harm you look at this point in the restraint and you see the absence of expression the absence of mushed muscle tension he's unconscious he's lost consciousness that's substantial bodily harm he did that that's his knee so when you consider the charge of 2nd degree murder try to break it down into parts you find in order defendant caused george floyd's death he did the state prove that beyond a reasonable doubt and at the time of causing the death the defendant committed or was attempting an assault in the 3rd degree and

resting comfortably to describe the position george floyd was in, being crushed face down into the pavement. >> a compliant person just be resting comfortably, versus still moving around. >> did you say resting comfortably. >> or laying comfortably. >> resting comfortably on the pavement? >> yes. >> at this point in time, he's attempting to breathe while he's shoving his shoulder into the pavement. attempting to breathe while restrained is being slightly noncompliant? >> no. >> no. >> professor, that's the kind of moment you were talking about, where the defense witness then ends up complying with prosecution cross-examination, if we can refer to it that way. >> absolutely. the prosecution on cross there, that was effective. he capitalized, or jumped on what this witness stated. resting comfortably, you can't let that pass by. didn't get excited about it. but was able to follow up with questions. and get the witness to really think about what he was saying. and this is quite a contrast to what we saw last week. the witnesses were prepared, and they were thoughtful about their responses. and

>> or laying comfortably. >> resting comfortably on the pavement? >> yes. >> at this point in time, when he's attempting to breathe by shoving his shoulder into the pavement. >> i was describing what the signs of a perfectly compliant person would be. >> so attempting to breathe while restrained is being slightly noncompliant? >> no. >> given what you just heard and i'm sure you watched and read a lot more of that. i can see it on your face. would you even call that expert testimony? what do you take from it? >> he sounds like a complete idiot. i don't know what they paid him to get him on the stand. >> $11,400. >> you know what? it wasn't worth it. actually, that is so disturbing that -- no it just doesn't work for me, poppy. i am -- i am disgusted by that testimony. someone that is under arrest with someone's knee on their neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds trying to breathe, trying to communicate and say, i can't breathe, that can't be justified no matter what experts the defense tries to put on. i'm just sorry. i can't believe that. >> i'm the da

you were trying to keep his head from slamming into the pavement. why is that? >> because he was limp i guess would be the best description. he wasn't responsive and holding his head up or anything. >> you were trying to protect his head. >> yes. >> so, what happened next? we saw the initial club with mre ambulance. did an officer come with you? >> yes. >> and what was the purpose of that? >> to do chest compressions for us. >> and was part of that the reason you described having you need more people to work on a patient in this kind of situation? >> yes. so what did you do at that point in time? >> you can see the video, my partner and i had a brief discussion that we were going to move a couple of blocks away. >> and is that the reason that you described earlier? >> yes. >> did you ultimately go to another location? >> we went to the front and drove the ambulance and drove to 36 and park. >> okay. and i'm going to show just you, not the jury -- and of course that has not yet been admitted, but if we could just put exhibit 73 on the screen, please. you should s

it's the pavement. it's the positioning of how -- of hand. it's the knee on -- i was surprised the knee directly on the neck when his face was down was actually a better position because there was a ligament -- these types of things i've never even considered in the many times we've looked at the videos of george floyd's death. i was -- >> manipulation of handcuffs. >> exactly, chief. it is really saddening that knuckle on the tire, i can't get that image out of my head, laura. >> no. i mean, i -- i actually had to pause and rewind for a second. i thought did i hear that correctly? that he was reduced to having to use his knuckles, his finger, his shoulder eventually. i found myself trying to manipulate my own body to try to follow along. >> me too. >> that's exactly what you want to happen as a prosecutor. you want these jurors to be so enthralled that they're trying to put themselves into the position that no one wants to be in. which is into the body of somebody who has died at the hands by these officers. but also, up until now, the defen

floyd then is pancaked between the pavement underneath him and forced on top of him? >> precisely. >> now, could you help us to explain how this mechanism, the handcuffs and the street, how does it explain the shallow breathing that you have described? >> so this gets back to how we breathe. and this is fairly simple. so the way we breathe, , we have two big muscles that help us with breathing. we had the diaphragm and we have the rib cage muscles. the diaphragm does about 70% of what we need for breathing, and about 30% of it comes from the rib cage. when the diaphragm contracts or the rib cage contract, the expand the chest. and when you expand the chest then air flows in from outside and it is coming in, and that's all that happens on inspiration. but to expand the chest there's two crucial actions that have to happen and we referred to these by the terms pump handle and bucket handle. so bucket handle is simple. so if you have a regular bucket that you carry water with and you lift up the handle of the bucket, the handle comes up like this. and so when you contrac

>> or laying comfortably. >> resting comfortably on the pavement?ement? >> i was describing what the signs of a perfect compliant person would be. >> so attempting to breathe while restrained is being slightly noncompliant? >> no. >> i'm going to leave that for the audience to absorb and move on to officer peter chang, the fifth officer there because the other piece of the defense case, joyce, he's trying to say the crowd also killed george floyd because they were mean. so here is the other officers raising concern about that supposed threat. take a listen. >> and you assumed when you were doing that that those four officers were okay over there because there were four of them, correct? >> yes. >> and if they had radioed for help you would have heard it over your radio. >> yes. >> and they never radioed for help, did he? >> no. >> that felt like a strong cross to me, joyce, because it's true. if they were so menacing why didn't they call for backup? >> the defense puts these witnesses on the stand to try to create reasonable doubt in the mind of at

floyd had his face smashed directly into the pavement? >> when his face is into the pavement about time, like the ones i've showed you, coming down on the ligaments, it's going to be a huge wait for mr. floyd to try to brief but he won't be compressing the hypo bearings at the time that's happening so all of these different forces are somewhat complex. >> you paid particular attention, you told us in the first five minutes and three seconds on the ground? >> yes. >> how would you characterize mr. floyd's oxygen levels during the first five minutes mr. chauvin was on top of him? >> we know his oxygen levels were enough to keep his brain alive and the reason we know that is because he continued to speak over that time, we know he made various vocal sounds for four minutes and 51 seconds from the time the knee is placed on the neck and that's telling us partly, you can't speak without a brain being active so we know there's oxygen getting to his brain whenever he is making an attempt to speak. [silence] [silence] [silence] [background noises

. >> and as applied here, on a hard surface, on the pavement. correct? >> yes. >> and so if we're talking about that as the prone -- you're calling it a prone control? >> yes. >> can i use it interchangeably with prone restraint? i'll refer to it as a prone restraint. mr. floyd is face down, handcuffed behind the back, correct? >> yes. >> and at some point, the defendant is on top of him. is that right? >> i think he had his knee on him. i'm not sure if i would describe that as being on top of him. >> if i may publish to the witness exhibit 17. as shown here in exhibit 17, you're able to see the exhibit. is that right? >> yes. >> all right. and you see that the defendant has his knee on top of mr. floyd, that correct? >> i see the knee in the top area. >> is it on his -- >> top, bottom, side? >> upper spine and neck area. >> is the upper spine then on the top? >> okay. we can use top. >> okay. you would agree with me then? >> yes. >> the defendant is on top of mr. floyd? >> his knee is on top of mr. floyd. >> and you can't see where his other knee is in

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