Some of Floyd’s 2019 Arrest Evidence Admissible in Chauvin Trial

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled Friday some evidence related to George Floyd’s 2019 arrest, including a portion of the accompanying body camera video, is admissible in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in Floyd’s death.

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“The whole point here is we have medical evidence on what happens when Mr. Floyd is faced with virtually the same situation: confrontation by police at gunpoint followed by a rapid ingestion of some drugs, we don’t know exactly how many but there was an admission that he had done it at the time of the stop,” Cahill said. {snip}

Floyd’s emotional behavior during the arrest, including crying out to his mother, is not admissible as evidence, Cahill ruled.

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