This is an update on the Officer Shovan case from The Gateway Pundit posted Sunday, and the following is a factual account of the five days of the Minneapolis trial of Officer Shovan so far, as documented by Paul Craig Roberts, not a transcription. Unfortunately, the visual “evidence” is constantly being exaggerated in the media, and what people see in the media videos is not the explanation that it will now take a heroic jury to find Shovan innocent.
The entire 11,600-word report is available here.
Here is Roberts’ report.
On cross-examination, Shawan’s defense attorney, Nelson, asked if the use of the drug could have caused hypoxia, which the doctor said was possible. Mr. Nielsen asked if Floyd’s high carbon dioxide levels could have been caused by fentanyl. The doctor said it was possible and that the main reason fentanyl is so dangerous is that it can compress the lungs because high carbon dioxide levels can cause shortness of breath and compress the lungs even when they are not under pressure. The doctor also said fentanyl causes drowsiness, and Nelson’s attorney said in his opening statement that he would present a witness who would testify that Floyd was very sleepy before the police arrived.
The doctor being questioned is Dr Bradford Langenfeld, the senior resident on duty that night at Hennepin County Medical Center, who announced Floyd’s death.
Attorney Nielsen showed a photo of a paramedic checking Floyd’s carotid pulse by feeling the side of Floyd’s neck while Officer Shovan was still holding Floyd on his knee. Nelson asked Lt. Johnny Mercil of the Minneapolis Police Department, “In your experience, if the knee is over the carotid artery, can you feel the carotid artery?” Lieutenant Mercil’s response was, “No, sir.”
Attorney Nielsen then presented a screenshot of the officer wearing the camera showing Officer Shovan holding Floyd down. Lt. Messier agreed that Officer Shovan’s shin appeared to be resting on Floyd’s shoulder blade, not on Floyd’s neck. There are also two screenshots with different time stamps that also show Officer Shovan’s shin resting on Floyd’s shoulder blade.
When Lt. Mercer looked at the fourth photo, which showed Officer Shovan’s knee, Lt. Mercer said it appeared to be “held in place” rather than a neck restraint. He admitted that in his own career as a police officer, he may have had to hold someone down for 10 minutes, and that he had held people down while waiting for emergency medical services. He had also trained police officers to do this.
Two videos were shown in court, one taken from a cell phone that went viral in the media and the other from a video camera that Officer J. Alexander Kueng was wearing at the time. From the perspective of the cell phone video, Officer Shawan’s knee appeared to be on Floyd’s neck, but current Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo agreed that Officer Shawan’s knee, from the perspective of Officer Kueng’s body camera, was on Floyd’s shoulder blade. The chief said that until he saw the video, he had believed that Officer Shovan’s knee was on Floyd’s neck.
The Gateway Pundit said it will be interesting to see what happens this week. One thing is for sure, the city of Minneapolis is preparing for the worst.
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