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Witness says Floyd was not resisting arrest when officers brought him across the street - the second prosecution witness has concluded her testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin.

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George Floyd's trial : Derek Chauvin charged with murder
Witness says Floyd was not resisting arrest when officers brought him across the street - the second prosecution witness has concluded her testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin.

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Alisha Oyler shot seven video clips of Floyd’s arrest. She was working the cash register at a Speedway, located across the street from where the arrest took place.

On cross examination Oyler acknowledged that more people were gathering as the incident progressed and the crowd became angry.

Defense attorney Eric Nelson also pointed out a discrepancy between her testimony and an earlier statement she gave to investigators where she said there was a female officer on scene.

On redirect examination she told prosecutor Steve Schleicher that Floyd was not resisting when officers brought him across the street. 

A 911 dispatcher was the first witness in today's trial. Here's how she laid out the sequence of events.

Minneapolis 911 dispatcher Jena Scurry concluded her testimony earlier this afternoon in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin. 

She dispatched Chauvin and other officers to Cup Foods the day George Floyd died.

During cross examination defense attorney Eric Nelson questioned her about how the dispatch center is setup and the sequence of events that evening.    

Here are some key things she shared:

Squad car 320 responded to the call at Cup Foods backed up by car 330 and park police car 830.

Scurry noted that officers Thomas Lane and Alexander Kueng were in squad car 320 and were backed up by officers Chauvin and Tou Thao in squad car 330.

Scurry said she dispatched the additional officers for backup when Lane and Kueng said they were taking someone out of the police car and she heard a loud noise on the radio. 

To the defense, Scurry noted that at one point squad car 330, either Chauvin or Thao, called for a faster ambulance response.

Scurry said she is not familiar with the use of force requirements and did not hear any radio call for a sergeant to review the use of force.

She reviewed the video for the defense and noted that it showed the police car rocking back and forth when officers were struggling with Floyd. 

She noted she did not hear any audio from that camera. 

On redirect examination, Scurry told prosecutor Matthew Frank she has not changed her mind about seeing potential excessive force which motivated her to call a police sergeant. 

Earlier in her testimony, Scurry said that while watching footage of the arrest and Floyd on the ground, her instincts were telling her "that something's wrong, something is not right."

Witness testifies she recorded 7 videos of Floyd arrest

Witness Alisha Oyler testified that she recorded seven cell phone videos of George Floyd's interaction with Minneapolis officers.

She was working the cash register at a Speedway when she noticed police "messing" with Floyd near a store across the way.

Oyler testified that Floyd was in handcuffs and police eventually placed him inside a police car.

Soon after, she started recorded with her cell phone. Two of the seven videos she recorded were taken from inside her workplace. The rest of the videos were taken outside.

Why you will keep hearing references to '9 minutes and 29 seconds' at this trial

The murder trial of Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial, charged in the May 2020 death of George Floyd, kicked off this morning with prosecutors' and the defense team's opening statements.

In both opening statements, attorneys referenced the 9 minutes and 29 seconds, Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck — correcting the 8:46 timing that has become a symbol of police brutality.

Prosecuting attorney Jerry Blackwell repeatedly emphasized the new 9:29 timing, telling jurors they were the "three most important numbers in this case."

He broke down the timing of Chauvin's kneeling into three sections: 4 minutes and 45 seconds as Floyd cried out for help, 53 seconds as Floyd's flailed due to seizures and 3 minutes and 51 seconds as Floyd was non-responsive.

Chauvin's defense similarly accepted the new timing as accurate to support its own arguments. "The evidence is far greater than 9 minutes and 29 seconds," attorney Eric Nelson said in his opening, noting the many interviews and documents that he said would prove Chauvin is not guilty.

The 43-second difference between 8:46 and 9:29 has little impact on the case itself, but the 8:46 number had taken on a power of its own since Floyd died under Chauvin's knee on May 25, 2020.

Protesters, including Democratic members of Congress, have held moments of silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, kneelings and "die-ins." Comedian Dave Chapelle released a standup special about police violence and anti-Black racism titled simply "8:46." The number even has its own Wikipedia page.

So where did the incorrect timing come from? The 8:46 timing initially was included in a criminal complaint against Chauvin. 

That number was based on bystander video of Floyd's death that went viral and led to public outrage.

The video, which is over 10 minutes long in all, begins with Chauvin already on Floyd's neck, so it was not immediately clear how long he had been on Floyd prior to the video's start.


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