Some outlets may call day 16 as they work from beginning of Voir Dire
13) Courtn*y Ross GF girlfriend since 2017
14) Seth Zach*ry Bravinder - Ambulance/EMS driver
15) Eerek Smith - Ambulance/EMS who did pulse and compressions
16) Jeremy Norton - Captain/EMT at firestation #17 who responded to scene/2nd scene
17) David Pleoger - MPD Sgt. who took call from dispacter complaint, went to scene, went hospital
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By calling Ross to the stand, prosecutors are attempting to not only humanize Floyd but also establish he had a high tolerance for fentanyl. An autopsy determined that Floyd was intoxicated with fentanyl and had recently used methamphetamines.
The defense has claimed that Floyd may have died from a drug overdose — not from being pinned under Chauvin's knee for 9 minutes, 29 seconds.
Attorney Eric Nelson asked Courteney Ross several questions about Maurice Hall providing Floyd with drugs. Hall was a friend of Floyd’s who was with him on the day that he died. Hall was in the passenger seat of the car when police approached Floyd.
Ross said, "she didn't like Maurice very much."
She said she did not see Floyd purchase drugs from Hall "with my own eyes" but speculated that he did.
A cashier at Cup Foods testified Wednesday that Hall had tried to use a fake $20 at the store earlier in the day on May 25, 2020, the day when Floyd died.
Hall has filed notice that he plans to invoke his 5th Amendment right not to testify in the case.
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Courteney Ross, George Floyd's girlfriend, testified that in March 2020, Floyd was hospitalized for an overdose.
Responding to questions from defense attorney Eric Nelson, Ross said she picked Floyd up one night to take him to work, but he didn't feel well, so she took him to the hospital instead.
"I thought I was taking him to work. He wasn't feeling good. His stomach really hurt. He was doubled over in pain. Just wasn't feeling well, and he said he had to go to the hospital, so I took him straight to the hospital. We went to the ER, and they were checking him out in the ER, and it was getting late. And I had to go to work myself that Friday night," she said.
"You later learned that that was due to an overdose?" Nelson asked.
"Yes," Ross responded
Nelson then asked Ross if she learned what caused the overdose. She said she did not.
Here's how the rest of the exchange happened:
Nelson: "At that time frame, did you learn that Mr. Floyd was taking anything other than opioids?"
Ross: "No."
Nelson: "You did not know that he had taken heroin at that time?"
Ross: "No."
Prosecutors were the first to ask about opioid use during the trial to get ahead of some of the defense team's arguments. Defense attorneys plan to make the case that Floyd died of unrelated medical issues and drug use.
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Details from yesterday’s video (while we are on break):
Floyd’s struggle with three police officers trying to arrest him, seen on body-camera video, included Floyd’s panicky cries of “I’m sorry, I’m sorry” and “I’m claustrophobic!” as the officers tried to push Floyd into the back of a police SUV.
At one point, Floyd bucks forward, throwing his upper body out of the car. Officers eventually give up, and Floyd thanks them — and then is taken to the ground, facedown and handcuffed. Chauvin knee pins his neck, another officer’s knee holds his back and a third officer holds his legs, with the officers talking calmly about whether he might be on drugs.
“He wouldn’t get out of the car. He just wasn’t following instructions,” Officer Thomas Lane was recorded saying. Lane also asked twice if the officers should roll Floyd on his side, and later said he thinks Floyd is passing out. Another officer checked Floyd’s wrist for a pulse and said he couldn’t find one.
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Some facts about the opioid epidemic:
An estimated 10.1 million Americans aged 12 and older misused opioids in 2019, including 9.7 million prescription pain reliever abusers and 745,000 heroin users.
Opioids are drugs formulated to replicate the pain-reducing properties of opium. Prescription painkillers like morphine, oxycodone and hydrocodone are opioids. Illegal drugs like heroin and illicitly made fentanyl are also opioids. The word “opioid” is derived from the word “opium.”
In 2018, there were 67,367 overdose deaths in the United States and 46,802 of those overdose deaths involved opioids.
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“We were dispatched our notes said we were going code 2 for someone with a mouth injury and PD (police department) was on scene,” Bravinder said, adding about a minute and half into their response the call was upgraded in severity and he then began driving with lights and sirens.
Bravinder said that when he pulled up in the ambulance "I assumed that there was potentially some struggle still because they were still on top of him."
Bravinder's colleague was the one who checked Floyd's pulse and pupils but Bravinder said from his vantage point outside the back of the ambulance he didn't see any movement or breathing coming from Floyd.
As part of defense attorney Eric Nelson's cross-examination, Bravinder explained why ketamine may be used. The drug, which he said, has multiple purposes, is used when someone has profound agitation or is "really violent."
Ketamine is also used in excited delirium, which one of the officers was heard mentioning Wednesday in one of the body-worn camera videos shown.
Bravinder was also asked about the status of Floyd's pupils. He said he did not know but stated that in a opioid overdose a person's pupils may be pinpoints and methamphetamine would cause dilated pupils.
Court went to recess following Bravinder's testimony. They are scheduled to resume around 1:30 p.m.
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Smith says he had to tell one of the officers to get out of his way.
"I wanted to get my patient, to my rig, as quickly as possible and so I can begin my resuscitation efforts."
Smith: In a living person, there should be a pulse there. I did not feel one. I suspected this patient to be dead, in lay terms.
Eldridge:And at the moment that you're checking for this carotid pulse is the officer still positioned on top of Mr. Floyd.
Smith: Yes.
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Nelson, "You checked for Mr. Floyd's pulse initially?" and asks about position of Chauvin.
Smith says Chauvin was still at the head of the patient.
Nelson now asking about Lane helping with chest compressions.
Smith, "Any lay person can do do chest compressions... I wanted as many people that would want to help me at that time to work this cardiac arrest"
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CNN LISTS RESOURCES FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS HELP AFTER LISTENING TO TESTIMONY:
Hearing witnesses testify and dissect second-by-second accounts of the circumstances surrounding Floyd's death can be tough.
Here are some resources that may help:
You can contact any of the organizations above to find peer groups and other group counseling services. These organizations often have affiliates in cities that host group meetings. They offer coping mechanisms to deal with stress, depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions.
It's always important to speak to someone and not feel that you're facing this alone.
You can find more CNN resources that may help
here.
Paramedic describes what he saw when approaching Floyd at the scene: "I thought he was dead"
