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Lawyers on both sides have concluded their opening statements, and the prosecution called a first witness before lunch. Here's what the court has learned:
Prosecution
Attorney Jerry Blackwell told the jury that Derek Chauvin "betrayed his badge" by kneeling on George Floyd's neck, using "excessive and unreasonable force" to detain him
Chauvin's actions that day were not consistent with his police training, Blackwell said, and the officer's conduct "was a major cause in Floyd's death"
Blackwell identified the "most important numbers" in the case: Nine minutes and 29 seconds. The prosecution will argue that is the amount of time that Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck, causing him to go unconscious
Defence
Lawyer Eric Nelson told the jury that this case is about the evidence, not about a "political or social cause" - a clear reference to the wave of demonstrations sparked by Floyd's death
Pushing back on the prosecutions argument, Nelson says that the evidence "is far greater than nine minutes and 29 seconds"
Some of this evidence, according to the defence, is that Floyd ingested drugs at the time of his arrest "in an effort to conceal them from police". Nelson suggests that the drugs in Floyd's system contributed to his death.
And Nelson said that Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck followed a "struggle" between Floyd and the officers. Noting Floyd was over 6 feet tall, Nelson said the defence will argue that "three Minneapolis Police Department officers could not overcome the strength of Floyd"
While the court has been in session, the White House has said that the case is one President Joe Biden "will be watching closely, as Americans across the country will be watching”.
“He will certainly be provided updates,” the White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.