The trial against former police officer Derek Chauvin, the main defendant for the death of George Floyd in May 2020, will continue this week with new testimonies and after five days of previous arguments, in which unpublished videos were shown and in which several witnesses gave testimony. key.
This Monday, Medaria Arradondo, the Minneapolis police chief, is expected to testify against former officer Chauvin, a testimony that will be key in the trial.
It was Arradondo himself who claimed in June 2020 that Chauvin and the other three officers implicated in the Geore Floyd case were responsible for the “murder” of the African American.
The prosecution is also expected to summon several experts on the use of force by the police, as well as doctors, throughout this week.
EMOTIVE FIRST WEEK OF TRIAL
Several key testimonies took place last week against Officer Derek Chauvin, including that of George Floyd’s ex-girlfriend and Lt. Richard Zimmerman, director of the homicide division of the Minneapolis Police Department, among others.
Zimmerman said in his jury statement that pressing his knee on George Floyd’s neck while he was handcuffed and face down was “deadly force of the highest order” and “completely unnecessary.”
For her part, Courtney Ross, George Floyd’s girlfriend, tearfully recalled Floyd’s addiction to opiates in an emotional testimony at the trial against former police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering the African-American.
“Floyd and I suffer from opiate addiction,” Ross said, in response to a question from the prosecution on the fourth day of the trial, which takes place in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Chauvin is charged with second degree murder, punishable by up to 40 years in prison; murder in the third degree, with a maximum sentence of 25 years; and second degree murder, which carries up to 10 years of deprivation of liberty.
He is 44 years old and was fired from the Minneapolis Police Department
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