Black Business Month Sponsored by Nationwide.The Future of Financial Services Summit.Profiles of Principled Entrepreneurship.Chasing Success Podcast by JP Morgan Chase.100 Founders of Change by American Express.Elevate Black Podcast sponsored by Fifth Third Bank.Economic Equity & Racial Justice Townhall Series.(Reporting by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago editing by Jonathan Oatis) He also testified that the four officers who were with Floyd never radioed for more help. On cross-examination, Chang testified that when he arrived, Floyd was sitting on the curb and was not agitated. Just sit down, dude,” Hill is heard saying on the video as she watched from afar.Ĭhang is heard telling them not to go into the vehicle. The pair stood against a wall as Chang spoke to them while Chauvin and the other officers struggled with Floyd across the street. The jury then viewed footage from Chang’s body camera, showing his interaction with Hill and Hall. “They were very aggressive toward the officers.”Ĭhauvin’s defense has argued that bystanders who watched the incident unfold threatened the officers. Minneapolis Park Police officer Peter Chang testified for the defense that when he arrived at the scene he was told to go across the street to where Floyd’s two passengers, Hill and Morries Hall, stood near his SUV.Ĭhang testified that he was concerned for the police officers’ safety. PETER CHANG, MINNEAPOLIS PARK POLICE OFFICER The father of one was asleep and startled awake when officers arrived and tapped on the window, Hill testified. “I told them that I would wake him up because I didn’t have money on me at the time,” she said. Hill also told jurors Floyd was asleep when clerks from the store came outside to resolve an issue with a counterfeit $20 bill. She testified that she tried to wake him a couple of times and that she was able to wake him but he nodded off again. Hill got into his Mercedes-Benz where she and Floyd chatted for about eight minutes before he fell asleep. Hill described Floyd as “happy,” “normal” and “alert” when she saw him in the Cup Foods and asked him for a ride home. Shawanda Hill – who was in Floyd’s SUV with him when police arrived on – took the stand for the defense. SHAWANDA HILL, WOMAN IN THE BACKSEAT OF FLOYD’S CAR “I asked him why, and he said because he was addicted,” she testified. On cross-examination, Moseng said that Floyd took Percocet, a combination of Oxycodone and acetaminophen used to treat pain. Moseng said that Floyd told her he consumed opioids. “It was quite hard to assess him,” she testified. Michelle Moseng, a retired paramedic for Hennepin County Medical Center Emergency Medical Services, told the jury that she checked Floyd’s vitals at the police station after the May 6, 2019, arrest. MICHELLE MOSENG, RETIRED PARAMEDIC WHO TREATED FLOYD IN 2019 “No, he did not,” the retired officer said. “You’re not going to get beat up or nothing,” Creighton said on the video to a distraught Floyd.ĭuring cross-examination, prosecutors asked Creighton whether Floyd died during the encounter. He then repeatedly ordered Floyd to keep his hands on the dashboard. In the video, Creighton is heard saying, “Keep your hands where I can see them.” He testified that he drew his service weapon. Scott Creighton, the retired Minneapolis police officer, was the first witness to take the stand for the defense.Ĭreighton said that Floyd repeatedly turned away from him and toward the driver as he continued to give him commands. SCOTT CREIGHTON, RETIRED MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER
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