MN - George Floyd, 46, died in police custody, Minneapolis, 25 May 2020 #4 - Chauvin Trial Day 1

[UKslueth2018]

Witness getting pulled up now. Jury been sent out! He gave an conclusion of what George was trying to do... which goes against the motions and his experience

Witness is holding his own with judge about why he is speaking up!

They now sidebarring

 

[Chelly]

@cathyrusson
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4m

#DerekChauvinTrial - Chauvin stood up and removed his mask, Williams identified him as the officer he saw that day on top of #GeorgeFloyd.

 

[SouthAussie]

I’d love to know what he’s writing on that pad!

Chauvin had all the power that terrible day. Now he is powerless. Reliant on others to plead his case for him.

I imagine that the writing is something that has been advised. A way for him to distract and express himself, rather than give away telltale facial expressions, indignation, anger, smirks ... anything that might go against him.

He could be writing absolutely anything. As long as the expressions are coming from his hand (where no-one will see them) and not his face.

 

[Blondiexoxo]

I’d go as far to say there was premeditation in those minutes he refused to move his knee. Infact every second he did not move his actions became more menacing and cold blooded. By the time George was taking his last gasps of life, the situation had turned from ‘enforcing the law’ to clear, obvious, malice murder. MOO

 

[Chelly]

@cathyrusson
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#DerekChauvinTrial - Williams describing what he observed Chauvin doing - "...to get the choke tighter I felt the officer was shimmying to actually get the final choke in while he was on top to get the kill choke...."

 

[californiagem]

This is so heartbreaking.

 

[UKslueth2018]

Now we lost the feed (not sure from where! ) and having issues in courtroom

Edit to add: it’s the family’s video feed

Wrapping up for the day. Jury about to be sent home xx

 

[JerseyGirl]

While prosecutors were showing a clip of the video of Chauvin's knee on Floyd's neck again, we lost feed of the trial livestream from the courtroom.

https://twitter.com/tasneemn/status/1376647921496645636?s=21

Court done for the day. Williams will be back on the witness stand at 9:30am.

 

[margarita25]

This witness is a bad , jmo. We need the full transcript of his testimony.

 

[Tabulator]

Donald Williams told the court that George Floyd was repeatedly pleading with police that he was in distress.

“He was speaking in a distressed way,” Mr Williams said. “He was vocalizing to the officer, he said my stomach hurt, I can’t breathe, my head hurts, I want my mum. Those are the things he repeatedly said.”

As time progressed, Mr Williams said Mr Floyd was slowly fading away the longer a knee was on his neck.

“His eyes slowly rolled to the back of his head. You see the blood coming out of his nose. You heard him tell them before he stopped speaking ‘my stomach hurts’,” Mr Williams said.

“From there on, he was lifeless, he didn’t move, he didn’t speak. He didn’t have no life in him no more on his body movements.”

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Listening to this witness, it makes the video so much worse. And the video is traumatic - we are watching murder, imho.

So awful.

Thank you to mods and watchers for your reports.

 

[ReadySet]

Thanks! I missed that he is considered expert witness.

He's being used as expert witness based on training in mix martial arts.

 

[margarita25]

Listening to this witness, it makes the video so much worse. And the video is traumatic - we are watching murder, imho.

So awful.

Thank you to mods and watchers for your reports.

Very powerful. I’ve seen a lot of “testimonies” in my life- this was a home run, JMO.

 

[UKslueth2018]

Listening to this witness, it makes the video so much worse. And the video is traumatic - we are watching murder, imho.

So awful.

Thank you to mods and watchers for your reports.

I agree. It makes the action seem even worse with the descriptions

I always thought the officer knew what he was doing but that shimmying was purposeful with only one intention

 

[Rocky1]

This thread is moving fast. Thanks to whoever suggested to make a separate daily thread.

 

[Chelly]

Very powerful. I’ve seen a lot of “testimonies” in my life- this was a home run, JMO.

He was amazing! Not only an eye-witness. But an expert witness as well. Articulate and respectful and likable with superb recall. A gem. Who would have expected??

 

[Weki]

The shimmy testimony from Williams is brutal for defense! Wow! Hard to watch when they slow it down with Williams’ analysis! This is a great witness! Cross exam will be on fire!

 

[Bravo]

He was amazing! Not only an eye-witness. But an expert witness as well. Articulate and respectful and likable with superb recall. A gem. Who would have expected??

Truly a gem for the Prosecution

 

[SouthAussie]

BBM

The white officer “didn’t let up” even after a handcuffed Floyd said 27 times that he couldn’t breathe and went limp, Blackwell said in the case that triggered worldwide protests, scattered violence and national soul-searching over racial justice.
Jurors shown video at ex-officer’s trial in George Floyd’s death

 

[Chelly]

Thanks! I missed that he is considered expert witness.

Some of us missed that too. It was vague at beginning of questioning by prosecution, but his background was so compelling, judge allowed.

 

[Bravo]

The fact that Chauvin was still kneeling on GF's neck when EMS arrived speaks volumes. Too me