Chauvin’s trial Day 4: Paramedic testifies the crime scene and Chauvin’s girlfriend goes with personal choices

Chauvin, a police officer, is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Floyd died in May 2020 after Chauvin placed his knee on Floyd’s neck while he pleaded, ‘I can’t breathe.’

Paramedic Derek Smith testifies during the trial that he arrived on the scene and saw Floyd on the ground and three officers on top of him on May 25, 2020.

A paramedic who responded to help George Floyd after former officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck said that on the way to a hospital, he stopped the ambulance so he could assist his partner in giving Floyd aid.

George Floyd’s girlfriend testified in Derek Chauvin’s criminal trial Thursday that he was a kind, caring, athletic man, who struggled with opioid addiction.

Courteney Ross, 45, said she met Floyd in August 2017 when he worked as a security guard at the Salvation Army.

She said they liked exploring the local sculpture garden and eating out on their dates together. Floyd liked to work out every day, lifting weights, doing situps and pullups, and he never complained of shortness of breath.