Dr Martin Tobin, a pulmonologist, testified that George Floyd’s last moments of his life could be seen in the bystander video of the incident on May 25, 2020.
Tobin said during the review of the video in front of jurors: “At first you can see that he is conscious. You can see a slight flicker. And then it disappears.”
“So he lives one second and one second no more,” the pulmonologist said.
“You can see his eyes, he is conscious and then you see that he is not. This is the moment that life goes out of his body,” Tobin said.
Floyd said he struggled and tried to breathe while officers restrained him.
“You can see him move his hip to try to rock the right side of his body to try to get air. You can see him pushing down the street again to get air in. And there are movements of his hip. You may miss , but he has to use all his internal spine just to try to get air into the right side of the body. of his body, you can see it trying to get air in his right side of his chest.He repeatedly makes struggling movements.He moves the hips again because he uses his spine to try to get them.- the muscles to move air in the right side of his chest.And he tries again to use his right arm and he can not because of the chain, the little chain connects it to the left.He tries to push it right arm into the street to try to help him but he can not do n ie b because of the chain on the shackles, ‘Tobin said.
The expert said the restrictions on Floyd continue even after he stopped breathing.
“No, the restraint continued after that – he stopped breathing efforts. When you last breath, the knee stays on the neck for 3:27 after the last breath. The knee remains. After there is no pulse, the knee “2:44 remains on the neck after the officers find themselves, there is no pulse, the knee remains on the neck for another 2:44,” Tobin said.
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