>>> TURNING NOW TO NEW EVIDENCE
IN THE GEORGE FLOYD CASE.
HEADING INTO TONIGHT, MANY
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE SEEN
THE CELL PHONE VIDEO OF GEORGE
FLOYD’S FINAL MOMENTS, HIS
KILLING.
BUT WHAT’S NEW TONIGHT IS
TRANSCRIPTS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN
RELEASED THAT SHOW MORE OF THE
FULL CONTEXT AND THE QUOTES FROM
THAT INCIDENT.
THESE ARE TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM
POLICE BODY CAMERAS.
THEY REVEAL THAT MR. FLOYD TOLD
OFFICER S
OFFICERS HE COULDN’T BREATHE
OVER 20 SEPARATE TIMES.
FLOYD SAYING, ACCORDING THE THE
NEW EVIDENCE, I CANNOT BREATHE,
I CANNOT BREATHE, THEY’LL KILL
ME, I CAN’T BREATHE, I CAN’T
BREATHE.
EVERYONE WHO HAS FOLLOWED THIS
STORY WILL RECALL THAT SOME OF
MR. FLOYD’S DYING REMARKS WERE
CAPTURED ON THE CELL PHONE VIDEO
WHICH WAS BROAD CAST, WHICH
SPARKED PROTESTS AND CALL FOR
SOCIAL CHANGE.
WHAT WE’RE GETTING HERE IS NEW
EVIDENCE THAT ADDS TO JUST THAT
EXTERNALLY RECORDED VIDEO.
IT ALSO SHOWS MR. FLOYD’S ACUTE
CONCERN THAT THE OFFICERS WERE
KILLING HIM.
AND HIS ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS HIS
FAMILY IN THOSE MOMENTS.
FLOYD CALLING OUT, MOM, I LOVE
YOU, I LOVE YOU.
TELL MY KIDS I LOVE THEM.
I’M DEAD.
AT ANOTHER POINT, ACCORDING TO
THIS NEWLY APPOINTED EVIDENCE,
OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN TELLS
FLOYD, THEN TOP TALKING, STOP
YELLING.
IT TAKES A HECK OF A LOT OF
OXYGEN TO TALK.
WE’RE JOINED NOW BY ATTORNEY AND
MSNBC ANALYST MYA WYLIE.
YOUR RESPONSE?
>> YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF
OXYGEN TO LIVE, AND THIS HASH
TAG I CAN’T BREATHE, IT IS
FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT AN OFFICER CHAUVIN OR AN
OFFICER LANG CAN SEE A GEORGE
FLOYD AS A HUMAN BEING PLEADING
FOR HIS LIFE OR NOT.
YOU KNOW, IN THE LEGAL CONTEXT,
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY OFFICER LANG’S
EFFORT TO SHOW THAT LOOK, HEY,
I’M NOT THE BAD GUY.
IT’S OFFICER CHAUVIN BECAUSE
PART OF WHAT WE KNOW FROM THAT
TRANSCRIPT AND PART OF THE WAY
HIS ATTORNEY IS TRYING TO USE IT
IS TO SAY OFFICER LANE WAS
ASKING, HE WAS SAYING I’M
WORRIED, MAYBE WE SHOULD TURN
HIM OVER AS A WAY TO DRILL HOLES
ASKING FOR THE CHARGES TO BE
DISMISSED BECAUSE IT WASN’T
INTENTIONAL.
THE THING HERE, OFFICE YOU ARE
CHAUVIN CERTAINLY CONTINUES TO
LOOK LIKE AN EXTREMELY, LET’S
JUST SAW AWFUL PERSON WHO DOES
NOT CARE ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF
GEORGE FLOYD TO SAY THE LEAST.
BUT EVEN IN THIS TRANSCRIPT FOR
OFFICER LANE TOWARDS THE END, IN
THIS TRANSCRIPT, THERE’S THIS
ARGUMENT THAT WELL, YEAH, OKAY,
MAYBE I WAS WORRIED BUT I
LISTENED TO OFFICER CHAUVIN
BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE
HIGH AND THEY PASS OUT BECAUSE
OFFICER LANE POINTED OUT THAT HE
DIDN’T THINK THAT HE WAS
BREATHING ANYMORE.
A BYSTANDER IS YELLING HE’S NOT
BREATHING ANYMORE, AND HE
DISMISSES IT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES
THAT HAPPENS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
HIGH, AND THEN THEY COME BACK
AGGRESSIVE.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE KIND OF
LOGIC AND THINKING THAT RESULTS
IN DEATH.
AND IT’S THE KIND OF THING THAT
THE REST OF US HAVE TO LOOK AT
AND SAY, THERE’S SOMETHING
REALLY LOOK, IF THIS OFFICER IS
THE PERSON YOU LISTENED TO, AND
YOU DON’T LISTEN TO YOUR OWN
GOOD COMMON SENSE AND YOUR
TRAINING, WHICH DEFINITELY SAYS
YOU DON’T LEAVE SOMEONE IN THAT
POSITION FOR THAT LENGTH OF
TIME, EXPRESSING TROUBLE
BREATHING, AND JUST DON’T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
IT’S VERY HARD TO LISTEN TO THE
TRANSCRIPT AND BE EXTREMELY
DISTURBED AND ANGRY, BUT ALSO TO
SEE ALL THE WAYS THAT THE
PROSECUTION CAN ALSO USE THIS
AGAINST THE OFFICERS.
>> YEAH, YOU REALLY LAY IT OUT,
BOTH THE HEART OF IT, AS WELL AS
THE LEGAL PROCEEDING, AND THERE