A former police officer charged in George Floyd's killing is scheduled to resume testifying Wednesday after telling the court that his role was to control traffic and onlookers.
FILE - In this image from a police body camera, bystanders, including Alyssa Funari, filming at left; Charles McMillan, center left in light colored shorts; Christopher Martin, center in gray, with hand on head; Donald Williams, center in shorts; Genevieve Hansen, filming, fourth from right; Darnella Frazier, filming, third from right, witness as then Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on George Floyd's neck for several minutes, killing Floyd on May 25, 2020, in...
Earlier Wednesday, Thao testified that he knew Floyd's pleas that he couldn't breathe were becoming weaker, but still did not realize Floyd was in danger even as bystanders became increasingly vocal.Under cross-examination by prosecutor LeeAnn Bell, Thao said he did not relay any of the onlookers' concerns about Floyd's well-being to the other officers, and did not check his pulse after bystanders asked him to.
“I did not,” Thao replied, adding later that, “I think I would trust a 19-year veteran to figure it out.”On Tuesday, Thao's attorney, Robert Paule, asked Thao whether he saw any officers roll Floyd over and perform CPR. He said he did not, and presumed that meant Floyd was breathing.“It indicated that Mr. Floyd was not in cardiac arrest,” said Thao, who later testified that he didn't know there was anything seriously wrong with Floyd even as an ambulance took him away.
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