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9:25 a.m. ET, April 2, 2021
The trial is expected to resume at 10:15 a.m. ET with more witness testimony
From CNN’s Aaron Cooper
A man walks on the lawn outside the Hennepin County Government Center on April 1 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Testimony in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is expected to resume with the 18th witness at 10:15 a.m. ET (9:15 a.m. local).
Today is the 17th day of the trial and the fifth day of testimony.
The jury will be dismissed around 1 p.m. ET (noon local).
Judge Peter Cahill noted Thursday that the trial is ahead of schedule and there were some legal matters that needed to be addressed.
It’s not clear if those legal issues will be discussed in open court after the jury leaves, or behind the scenes.
More on the trial: Chauvin put his knee on George Floyd’s neck on May 25, 2020 as Floyd told Chauvin and three other officers that he could not breathe.
He has pleaded not guilty to second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges.
8:55 a.m. ET, April 2, 2021
Here's what you need to know about the jury in Derek Chauvin's trial
If convicted, Chauvin could face up to 40 years in prison for second-degree murder, up to 25 years for third-degree murder, and up to 10 years for second-degree manslaughter. The charges are to be considered separate, so Chauvin could be convicted of all, some or none of them.
While the jurors are unnamed and unseen on camera, we do know basic details about them.
Here's what we know about the jury:
Five menand nine women were chosen to serve on the jury during the trial in Minneapolis.
Of the 14 jurors, eight are White, four are Black and two are mixed race, according to how the court says the jurors identified themselves.
The jury selection process began March 9 at the Hennepin County Government Center and wrapped up exactly two weeks later.
The panel is made up of 12 jurors and two alternates, Judge Peter Cahill said.
The jurors all come from Hennepin County, which is demographically about 74% White and 14% Black, according to census data.
In court, each person was sworn in and then questioned one-by-one in a process known as voir dire. The juror's name, address and other information are kept anonymous.
Eric Nelson questioned the prospective jurors for the defense, while Steve Schleicher questioned them for the prosecution.
Cashier who took suspected counterfeit bill from Floyd: "I'm kind of like the big domino that fell"
From CNN’s Carma Hassan
Witness Christopher Martin answers questions on March 31 in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Christopher Martin, the former Cup Foods cashier who interacted with George Floyd before his death, spoke to ABC after testifying in former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial.
Martin said in court that he feels like if he hadn’t taken a suspected counterfeit $20 bill from Floyd, the situation could have been avoided.
To GMA, he said, “not only am I, like, the contributing factor, I’m kind of like the big domino that fell and then now all the small dominos are just scattered.”
“There was so much pain and hurt that followed that was unneeded,” Martin said, with tears on his face.
Martin says the response after his testimony has been “extremely positive and extremely encouraging.”
He said he thought about Floyd’s children because he knows what it is like “to grow up in an African-American household without a father.”
“I just hope and pray that George’s daughters know that they can do it and it’s possible to do it, to make it and to be successful even if your father is no longer with you,” he said emotionally.
Martin also said, “The one thing I would say to Derek Chauvin is justice will be served.”
8:25 a.m. ET, April 2, 2021
Here's what happened yesterday in court in the Derek Chauvin trial
Defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin listen to testimony on April 1 at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Court TV/Pool/AP
Testimony will continue today in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, who has been charged in the death of George Floyd.
A series of witnesses, including paramedics and Floyd's girlfriend, testified yesterday in court.
If you're just reading in, here's what happened yesterday during the trial:
Courteney Ross, Floyd’s girlfriend, testified she has been in a relationship with him since August 2017 and they were together until his death. Ross provided details about Floyd and their relationship. She described Floyd as "a momma's boy," saying he was devastated and "broken" when his mother died. Ross said he tested positive for Covid-19 in "late March" and that he had been quarantining.
Ross testified that they both struggled with opioid addiction. Prosecutors were the first to ask about opioid use during the trial to get ahead of some of the defense team's arguments. Defense attorneys plan to make the case that Floyd died of unrelated medical issues and drug use, and they have argued Chauvin was following proper police protocol.
Paramedic Seth Zachary Bravinder, who provided medical assistance to Floyd, told the court that when he arrived at the scene, he could tell from a distance that Floyd wasn't breathing. He also said he stopped the ambulance en route to the hospital so he could assist his partner in giving Floyd aid after he "flatlined" — a term he used to describe when "your heart isn't really doing anything at that moment."
Paramedic Derek Smith said that on May 25, 2020, he arrived on the scene and saw Floyd on the ground and three officers on top of him. "I walked up to the individual, noticed he wasn't moving. I didn't see any chest rise or fall on this individual," Smith said.
When asked to describe Floyd's overall condition he said, "in lay terms, I thought he was dead." Smith said that when he checked Floyd, his pupils were "large" and "dilated," and he did not detect a pulse. He said he did all he could do to try and revive Floyd. "[H]e's a human being and I was trying to give him a second chance at life," Smith said.
Fire Capt. Jeremy Norton testified that when he entered the ambulance, he saw "an unresponsive body on a cot." After following the ambulance to the hospital, Norton said he ultimately filed a report with his supervisors detailing what he saw that day.
"I was aware that a man had been killed in police custody, and I wanted to notify my supervisors to notify the appropriate people above us in the city, in the fire department and whomever else, and then I also wanted to inform my deputy that there was an off-duty firefighter, who was a witness at the scene," he added.
Retired Sgt. David Pleoger of the Minneapolis Police Department testified that the force being used by officers should have stopped earlier. “When Mr. Floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended the restraint,” Pleoger told the court.
He also described a phone call he had with Chauvin on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck. "I believe he told me that they had — tried to put Mr. Floyd — I didn't know his name at the time, Mr. Floyd into the car. He had become combative," Pleoger said recalling the conversation. "I think he mentioned that he had injured — either his nose or his mouth, a bloody lip, I think, and eventually after struggling with him, he suffered a medical emergency and an ambulance was called and they headed out of the scene."
Witness to invoke the Fifth Amendment: The man who was sitting in a car with Floyd when police approached and removed them from the vehicle says he will not testify in the trial. Morries Hall will invoke the Fifth Amendment and not testify if he is called to the stand, according to a filing submitted by his public defender Adrienne Cousins.
HLN's Mike Galanos and CNN's Josh Campbell offer a recap of day four and a preview of what’s to come today:
