I’m outside the conference room where the George Floyd body camera video will be shown to 11 people at a time, but recording isn’t allowed. Since the transcripts are inaccurate, I’m going to notate corrections.
The George Floyd body camera video is awful. It took a dramatically long time for anyone—police or EMS—to begin giving him any medical attention.
According to my notes:
20:11:39 George Floyd handcuffed
20:25:59 Officer Keung checks for pulse after people are yelling at him to, he says “I can’t find one”
20:31:03 First time anyone attempts CPR, in the ambulance
The Court gave us an hour to watch the George Floyd body camera videos, which totaled more than an hour. I need more time with them. The transcripts are filled with too many errors to fact check.
The transcripts don’t provide sufficient context. For example, this discussion was over former Officer Derek Chauvin’s body camera falling off—but you wouldn’t know it unless you saw the video. – bei Hennepin County Government Center
The George Floyd bodycam video shows EMTs were slow to provide any meaningful, direct care to George Floyd. They fumbled with equipment, struggled to setup a Stryker LUCAS automated chest compression machine in the ambulance, and seemed lackadaisical in providing ventilation.
While George Floyd is on the ground, there's a certain point when he stops screaming out and seems unresponsive (someone in the crowd yells “Check the pulse, bro, he has not moved”) and Kueng and Lane seem to ease up on holding him down, while Chauvin stays aggressively on top.
George Floyd stopped being responsive at 20:24:22. Lane said “I think he's passing out” at 20:24:46. A minute goes by. Kueng checks for a pulse, can't find it at 20:25:59. Another five minutes go by. Chest compressions start at 20:31:03. Ventilation doesn't start until 20:36:21.
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