MN - George Floyd, 46, died in police custody, Minneapolis, 25 May 2020 #8 - Chauvin Trial Day 5

[ElizaKate]

Ah so he took over the scene from Sgt Pleuker (who went to the hospital) I believe

 

[UKslueth2018]

What is supposed to happen on a critical incident

Witness crime scene is supposed to be secured. Locked down. Purposes to preserve evidence

Involved officers are usually waiting to be taken for interview downtown

Other teama involved ia

Area is canvased

Wait for investigators to get there car 21

 

[UKslueth2018]

Asked about whether body cama turned on
Witness yes

Witness arrived on scene about 21:30

Witness when I arrived the only people there were ak and tl

You indicated that your body cam was activated and reviewed stilla

Witness yes

Wx81-95 all stills from his body cam

Ex 81 pubsmliahsd. Showing tl and ak

 

[UKslueth2018]

Can you tell jury any interaction you had

Witness when I arrived there I was met with ak. I said turn your cam on now. He did. Tl came from car and told him same thing. Turn in your cam

Tl was in car

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Hi all. Wine for me. Afternoon of a bank holiday weekend over the pond

Interested to see how this witness is being used.

I do hope that perhaps someone from LE goes beyond the discussion that he should have discontinued restraints when not resisting, but also give testimony on procedures as to giving aid during medical emergency, especially when a LE contributed to such medical emergency MOO

 

[UKslueth2018]

Did you tell them anything

Witness yes I asked them where they had interaction with Gf. They told me they did on the sidewalk and right in front of store

Witness I instructed them to place crime scene tape around the area to preserve any evidence

 

[delilah]

What really amazes me is that it looked like he had his hand around Floyd's wrist almost the entire time. After Floyd stops breathing, he moved his fingers down and appeared to be checking his pulse.

I noticed that. Chauvin seemed to be pulling GF’s wrist back for most of the time - an additional restraint method?

 

[MsBetsy]

This is what I keep thinking about. 20 bucks. We don’t even know if GF even knew it was fake. Even if he did...Police are suddenly pointing a gun in his face. It was such a weird escalation by LE when he wasn’t being violent to anyone. Seemed to be high, yes, but not violent. Then it’s obvious to me that he’s having a major panic attack (I know them well). The whole entire episode seemed unnecessary to me. To end with him dying right there on the street over twenty dollars is insane.

Yes! Back in the first thread I mentioned that I was once refused my munchkins at Dunkin Donuts because the cashier said I gave her a fake bill. If a police officer tapped on my window moments later and stuck a gun in my face, I would have had a panick attack myself, especially if he was yelling and cursing at me to put my hands on the wheel.

 

[UKslueth2018]

ex82 shows crime scene area

Were there any other officers

Witness. Yes. Ak and tl and members of his team. I asked for additional officers

For the purpose of keeping secure

Witness yes

 

[UKslueth2018]

Witness treated as a critical incident before he knew for sure it was

 

[ElizaKate]

I do hope that perhaps someone from LE goes beyond the discussion that he should have discontinued restraints when not resisting, but also give testimony on procedures as to giving aid during medical emergency, especially when a LE contributed to such medical emergency MOO

Completely agree! There does seem to be a bit of tip toeing going on around that area and IMO the state haven't pushed it far enough yet. But I guess they have to be careful which witness is qualified to bring it in, as we saw with the foundation objection to Sgt Ploeger yesterday.

ETA: who took over the internal use of force investigation - this witness is going to be the key!

[Corrected Sgt name.]

 

[Niner]

Cathy Russon
@cathyrusson
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#DerekChauvinTrial - Correction, first name spelled Jon. Sgt. Jon Edwards responded to the scene that night

Sgt. Edwards started his shift at 8:30 pm that night. Fmr. Sgt. Pleoger instructed Edwards to go to the scene after he learned that #GeorgeFloyd might not live.

Chauvin in black suit, blue shirt/blue tie.



Edwards said when he arrived at the scene only Kueng and Lane were there.




From Edwards body cam. It was 9:36pm. You see Lane and Kueng.



link: https://twitter.com/cathyrusson

 

[UKslueth2018]

You had brief interaction with tl and ak

Witness yes

Asked other officers to go door to door and gain a synopsis of what they saw

Ex 83 pic of other officers brought in to help with scene

 

[UKslueth2018]

Would you tell jury brief scope of how you secured scene


Witness
Erm, shortly after pic sgt called to say escort officers coming down and I had been notified and the app supervisors notified and we remained on scene to ensure no one came in

 

[UKslueth2018]

Did you do anything with the Business cup foods

Witness yes I was asked to see if I could speak to manager and I did

 

[UKslueth2018]

Did you secure any vehicles

Witness yes, the squad car and gf. I honestly don’t rmmeber the car but it was a dark car

Did you keep tl and ak out of 330 car

Witness yes I did. Told them to put possessions in car

 

[delilah]

Completely agree! There does seem to be a bit of tip toeing going on around that area and IMO the state haven't pushed it far enough yet. But I guess they have to be careful which witness is qualified to bring it in, as we saw with the foundation objection to Pleuker (spelling?) yesterday.

Ploeger

 

[UKslueth2018]

Did you see anyone take anything from the guy.

Witness no

Talking about them being in car, and car running

 

[UKslueth2018]

As you didn’t know what happens what are you asking the officers to ask for

Witness anything to see if anyone saw anything. Maybe we would get lucky

Did they locate any witnesses who were willing to speak with me

Witness no

 

[UKslueth2018]

Witness he idenkdtied himself as Charles he refused to give me his full name

Image didn’t catch ex of witness with Charles. Convo happened at 22.05

He didn’t say anything, he told me he refused to say anything. He asked if he was under arrest and he asked to leave