MINNEAPOLIS — Testimony in the federal civil rights trial of three ex-Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd continued into its second day Tuesday as jurors viewed more body camera footage of Floyd's final moments.
FBI forensic media examiner Kimberly Meline resumed her testimony with body camera footage from J. Alexander Kueng, one of the officers on scene. The footage shows the moment Floyd was approached and led across the street to when he was pinned to the ground, pleading: "Mama, Mama, Mama." And then, "I can't breathe. Mama, I love you."
The footage was previously shown during the state trial of Derek Chauvin, who pleaded guilty in December to federal civil rights charges and is now serving a 22½-year state sentence after being convicted in Hennepin County District Court of murder for kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes while detaining him on the pavement at 38th and Chicago.
