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Emotional eyewitness accounts, lots of video: Here's what we learned in the first week of testimony at Derek Chauvin trial

Posted on AllSides April 3rd, 2021
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That's a wrap on the first week of witness testimony in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the death of George Floyd last Memorial Day.

Over five days, 14 jurors sat through opening statements, 19 witness testimonies and an onslaught of videos played for the courtroom.

The week started with heart-wrenching eyewitness accounts of Floyd's death, with several witnesses breaking down as they recounted their attempts to intervene. But in the second half of the week, testimony shifted to focus on police body-camera videos,...

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