Witness at officers’ trial says he believed Floyd would die
By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A bystander who says he feared George Floyd would die under the knee of Derek Chauvin wept Tuesday at the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating Floyd’s civil rights. Prosecutors have said that even people without medical training knew Floyd needed help, but that officers with basic medical training did nothing. Officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were there when Chauvin pinned Floyd’s neck to the ground with his knee for 9 1/2 minutes as the Black man was facedown in handcuffs and gasping for air. Chauvin was convicted of murder and pleaded guilty to a federal count of violating Floyd’s civil rights.
