Friend of Floyd invokes Fifth Amendment, will not testify in Chauvin trial

Explained: Why won’t George Floyd’s friend testify?

Morries Hall, a friend of Floyd’s who was with him the night Floyd died, won’t testify at the trial.

EXPLAINER: Chauvin defense suggests prone position not risky

The attorney for the former officer charged with killing George Floyd says several studies suggest police can safely use their bodyweight to hold a handcuffed suspect facedown on the ground — or prone — as Floyd was in the last minutes of his life. But those findings aren’t universally accepted and have been contradicted by a parade of law enforcement […]

‘Spark of Life’ Testimony About George Floyd Explained (Podcast)

The “spark of life” legal doctrine allowed jurors to hear testimony meant to humanize George Floyd during the Derek Chauvin trial for murder. Ted Sampsell-Jones, a law professor at Minnesota’s Mitchell Hamline School of Law discusses the doctrine on [Un]Common Law.

EXPLAINER: Chauvin defense suggests prone position not risky

CHICAGO (AP) — The attorney for the officer on trial in George Floyd’s death says several studies suggest police can safely use their bodyweight to hold a handcuffed suspect facedown on the ground, as Floyd was in the last minutes of his life. But those findings aren’t universally accepted and have been contradicted by a parade of law enforcement and medical experts central to prosecutors’ efforts to convict Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaugh…

EXPLAINER: Chauvin defense suggests prone position not risky

The attorney for the former officer charged with killing George Floyd says several studies suggest police can safely use their bodyweight to hold a handcuffed suspect facedown on the ground — or prone — as Floyd was in the last minutes of his life. But those findings aren't universally accepted and have been contradicted by a parade of law enforcement and medical experts central to prosecutors’ efforts to convict Derek Chauvin of murder and man…

EXPLAINER: Chauvin defense suggests prone position not risky

The attorney for the former officer charged with killing George Floyd says several studies suggest police can safely use their bodyweight to hold a handcuffed suspect facedown on the ground — or prone — as Floyd was in the last minutes of his life. But those findings aren't universally accepted and have been contradicted by a parade of law enforcement and medical experts central to prosecutors’ efforts to convict Derek Chauvin of murder and man…