‘I thought he was dead’: Paramedic says of George Floyd
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Floyd’s girlfriend and paramedics who tried to revive him testify in murder trial of Derek Chauvin.
A paramedic who came to the scene in Minneapolis, Minnesota last May said he thought George Floyd “was dead” when he arrived he told a US jury Thursday in the trial of the former police officer accused of murder and manslaughter in the death. The testimony came on the fourth day of the trial of Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, including after the arrival of the paramedics. Chauvin, then a Minneapolis police officer is white, Floyd was Black. Chauvin and three other officers involved in the incident were fired the day after Floyd died. Paramedics Seth Bravinder and Derek Smith explained the steps they took to attempt to revive Floyd who was unresponsive at the scene on May 25, 2020.More Related News