BREAKING: George Floyd Was Pulseless for Nearly Two Minutes Before Derek Chauvin Took His Knee Off Floyd's Neck

The criminal complaint filed against Derek Chauvin shows that another officer told Chauvin that George Floyd was pulseless. Chauvin did not release his knee from Floyd's neck for nearly two minutes after that.

On May 29, a criminal complaint against Derek Chauvin was filed in Minnesota's 4th District Court. This led to a warrant being issued for Chauvin's arrest on charges of 3rd degree murder and 2nd degree manslaughter.

The complaint, brought by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, says in part (emphasis added):

"BWC [body-worn camera] video shows Mr. Floyd continue to move and breathe. At 8:24:24, Mr. Floyd stopped moving. At 8:25:31 the video appears to show Mr. Floyd ceasing to breathe or speak. Lane said, 'want to roll him on his side.' Kueng checked Mr. Floyd’s right wrist for a pulse and said, 'I couldn’t find one.' None of the officers moved from their positions.

At 8:27:24, the defendant removed his knee from Mr. Floyd’s neck. An ambulance and emergency medical personnel arrived, the officers placed Mr. Floyd on a gurney, and the ambulance left the scene. Mr. Floyd was pronounced dead at Hennepin County Medical Center."

In other words, Derek Chauvin kept his knee on George Floyd's body for 1 minute and 53 seconds after being told by another officer, J Alexander Kueng, that Floyd no longer had a pulse.

Derek Chauvin did not start CPR. Instead, he kept his knee on George Floyd's neck for nearly two minutes after being told by another officer that Floyd didn't have a pulse.

This is inexcusable. Even if Chauvin truly felt that there was a need to put his knee on Floyd's back (though JMTN does not believe that was the case), that need ended the moment he was told Floyd was dead.

Instead of trying to revive him, Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's dead body for nearly two minutes until an ambulance arrived. Further, Officers Kueng and Lane did not remove Chauvin from Floyd's body.

The Minneapolis Police Department emailed us the following comment regarding this story:

"Any comments on legal matters are routed through the City Attorney’s Office."

In an email to JMTN, a spokesperson for the City of Minneapolis Communications Department, which handles press inquiries for the City Attorney's Office, said:

"The City Attorney’s Office won’t comment on this case at this time."

That's just my thought.

Here's our sources, so you can decide for yourself:

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6933328/27-CR-20-12646-Complaint.pdf