Derek Chauvin trial - Jaw drop moment with the current expert for the defense. [View all]

[Ms. Toad]

Last edited Tue Apr 13, 2021, 05:20 PM - Edit history (1)

Jaw drop moment with the current expert for the defense.

Floyd was non-compliant because when he was prone, handcuffed behind his back, with three men on his back, Floyd did not have his hands resting comfortably at the small of his back.

Prosecutor pushed him on it - pointed out that the reason he was moving about was trying to breathe. Expert recognized, too late to fix it, that he had just implied that trying to breathe was being non-compliant.

On the whole, this expert is not doing the defense any favors - he's had to back off on almost everythng he said on direct.

Here's a tweet with a link to the video clip:

Link to tweet

Chauvin defense use-of-force expert Barry Brodd says a "perfectly compliant" suspect would have been "resting comfortably" on pavement during an arrest.

Steve Schleicher, prosecutor: "So attempting to breathe while restrained is being slightly non-compliant?"

Brodd: "No."