George Floyd told police officers some 20 times that he could not breathe, according to transcripts of body camera video. Floyd: Ah! Ah! Please. Please. Please. Lane: Should we roll him on his side? Chauvin: No, he's staying put where we got him.
As officer Derek Chauvin had Floyd pinned under his knee, face-down to the pavement and complaining that he could not breathe, Lane, who was holding Floyd's legs, asked Chauvin whether the suspect should be moved.Chauvin: Leave him.Lane: Should we roll him on his side?Lane: Okay. I just worry about the excited delirium or whatever.Shortly after that exchange someone in the crowd gathered nearby notices that Floyd isn't breathing.
Earlier in the transcript, the officers plead with Floyd to put his hands up, but the suspect repeatedly expresses concern about getting shot. The officers also order him into a squad car, but Floyd refuses, saying he is claustrophobic and would rather be restrained on the pavement. The transcript has officers discussing whether Floyd is under the influence of drugs.
Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter. Lane, Kueng and a fourth former officer, Tou Thao, are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter. All four officers were dismissed following the May 25 incident.Lane's attorney, Earl Gray, said in an interview Wednesday that the court should make the video from the body cameras public.."That shows the whole picture. If they watch the whole thing, people ...
"It's not a case where he's standing by watching another cop pound on somebody's head," Gray said."This is a case where my client twice — twice — asked if we should turn him over and the answer from [Chauvin] was no."
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