Lawyer for George Floyd's arresting officer claims it's 'questionable' that knee was on Floyd's neck

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The lawyer for Thomas Lane disputed what is clear in the video of George Floyd’s death and even tried shifting blame for his death to the bystanders.

was actually on Floyd’s neck as he laid on the ground with two other officers, including Lane, on top of him. Gray claims it’s questionable, despite video clearly showing Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.

. The report released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office stated that Floyd died of “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression.” The medical examiner’s preliminary report, which Gray cited to Cuomo, “revealed no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation.

Gray said that on two occasions, Lane, who had only been on the force for four days, questioned if they should move Floyd, but he was overruled by Chauvin, a veteran of the force. When pressed on why Lane didn’t physically help Floyd, Gray suggested that the bystanders, who were yelling at Chauvin to take his knee off of Floyd’s neck, and one of whom said the officers “wanted to kill” Floyd, could have stepped in and stopped it themselves.

 

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that's a pretty bad defense...

Pictures are taken,video in for cannot lie.

The lawyer is grasping in complete desperation! I'm not the least bit worried about his attempt to make us believe we're not seeing what all indeed did. My eyes are good, strong and in full focus. My brain is just as healthy

Just like Ellison plans. They are getting off the hook so there can be more riots.

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