GABE GUTIERREZ, REVEREND AL
SHARPTON AND PAUL BUTLER,
GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WITH ME NOW IS FLOYD FAMILY
ATTORNEY BENJAMIN CRUMP.
BENJAMIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US, AS ALWAYS.
I KNOW YOU’RE IN CONSTANT
CONTACT WITH THE FAMILY.
YOU’RE THERE AT THE COURTROOM
RIGHT NOW.
I’M GOING TO ASK YOU THE SAME
QUESTION I ASKED THE REV JUST
NOW.
HOW ARE THEY DOING WITH TODAY’S
TESTIMONY?
>> OBVIOUSLY, ALL THE TESTIMONY
IS EMOTIONAL, BECAUSE TO AGONIZE
AND TO SEE THE VIDEO AND BEING
HERE, THE DEFENSE TRYING TO SAY,
OH, BUT WHAT OFFICER CHAUVIN DID
DID NOT KILL HIM, IT WAS THE
TRACE AMOUNT OF DRUGS IN HIS
SYSTEM THAT KILLS HIM.
THEY KNOW THAT THAT’S NOT TRUE,
BUT THEY HAVE LIVED IN AMERICA
ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY
ASSASSINATE THE CHARACTER OF
BLACK PEOPLE BEING KILLED BY THE
POLICE, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST, SO
THEY ARE VERY PRAYERFUL AND THEY
ARE HAVING THE FAITH THAT
JUSTICE WILL BE DONE.
>> DO YOU WANT TO SEE DEREK
CHAUVIN HIMSELF TESTIFY?
>> WELL, WE WANT DEREK CHAUVIN
TO BE HELD CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR
KILLING GEORGE FLOYD ON MAY
25th, 2020.
WHETHER OR NOT HIS ATTORNEY AND
HE DECIDES TO TESTIFY, THAT’S
COMPLETELY ON HIM.
BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN
SAY TO JUSTIFY NOT GIVING ANY
CONSIDERATION, ANY
PROFESSIONALISM, ANY HUMANITY TO
AN UNARMED, RESTRAINED MAN IN
HANDCUFFS WHO WAS FACE DOWN
BEGGING JUST TO BREATHE, KATY.
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THAT IN THE
MOST BASIC OF HUMANITY.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER
BREATH SO I CAN EXTEND MY LIFE,
BUT THE PUBLIC WAS TELLING HIM
TO GET THE KNEE OFF MY NECK,
EVERYBODY WAS SAID, YOU’RE
KILLING HIM, BUT YET HE PUT HIS
HAND IN HIS POCKET AND PUT A
SMIRK ON HIS FACE AS IF THIS
BLACK MAN’S LIFE DIDN’T MATTER
AT ALL.
>> YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN
THROUGH THESE CASES SO MANY
OTHER TIMES FOR YEARS NOW, AND I
ASSUME THAT YOU ARE PREPPING THE
FAMILY FOR HOW THE DEFENSE WILL
PRESENT ITS OWN ARGUMENTS, HOW
THE DEFENSE WILL TRY AND USE THE
ENTIRE SITUATION TO THEIR
ADVANTAGE ONCE THEY GET THEIR
FULL TURN.
WHAT ARE YOU TELLING THE FAMILY
ABOUT WHAT THEY SHOULD EXPECT?
>> YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE AT LUNCH
NOW, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT
IT SOME MORE, AND I KNOW
REVEREND AL HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY
PRAYING FOR THE FAMILY AS ALL OF
AMERICA IS PRAYING THAT THEY GET
SOME PEACE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY TO
WATCH YOUR FAMILY DIALOGUE,
KATY, YOU HAVE NO PEACE.
WE HAVE BEEN TELLING THEM FROM
DAY ONE THAT THEY’RE GOING TO
CALL GEORGE FLOYD EVERYTHING BUT
THE CHILD OF GOD.
THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO BLAME IT
ON EVERYTHING BESIDES THIS
POLICE OFFICER PUTTING HIS KNEE
ON HIS NECK.
BUT AT THE END, EVERYBODY WILL
KNOW IN THEIR HEART OF HEARTS
THE REASON GEORGE FLOYD DIED WAS
FROM AN OVERDOSE OF EXCESSIVE
FORCE FROM DEREK CHAUVIN’S KNEE
ON HIS NECK FOR NINE MINUTES AND
29 SECONDS.
THEY SAY THE HUMAN AVERAGE CAN
ONLY GO WITHOUT OXYGEN FOR 30
SECONDS TO 90 SECONDS.
GEORGE HAD TO GO FOR OVER 400
SECONDS WITHOUT AIR.
SO YOU TELL ME, DO YOU REALLY
BELIEVE, AFRTER SEEING THAT VIDE
FROM THE SURVEILLANCE WHERE HE
WAS LAUGHING, TALKING,
BREATHING, LAUGHING, DANCING,
THAT HE WAS JUST GOING TO DROP
DEAD IF IT WAS NOT FOR DEREK
CHAUVIN TORTURING HIM TO DEATH
WITH THAT KNEE.
>> AND THE DOCTOR TESTIFIED THAT
FOR EVERY MINUTE YOU DO NOT GIVE
CPR, THE LIKELIHOOD OF SURVIVAL