Prosecutors accuse Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd as trial starts
by Chris McGreal and Amudalat Ajasa in Minneapolis from US news | The Guardian on (#5FY1N)
Jerry Blackwell told jury that ex-officer used excessive and unreasonable force without regard for Floyd's life'
Prosecutors accused former police officer Derek Chauvin of killing a defenceless George Floyd by grinding and crushing him until the very breath, the very life, was squeezed out of him", at the opening on Monday of a murder trial regarded by millions as a litmus test of US police accountability.
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