Derek Chauvin trial: prosecution and defence make closing arguments – video

<p>The Derek Chauvin murder trial heard closing arguments on Monday before the jury was expected to begin considering a verdict over the death of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/george-floyd">George Floyd</a> that is anxiously awaited by millions of Americans. The prosecutor Steve Schleicher told jurors the key to the case lay in video footage of Chauvin pressing his knee on to Floyd’s neck, even as he pleaded for his life, right to his last words of ‘I can’t breathe’. The former <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> police officer’s attorney, Eric Nelson, told the jury that his client’s actions followed the ‘reasonable force’ guidelines for police officers when considering all the factors that Chauvin had to take into account on the day of Floyd’s death</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/19/derek-chauvin-trial-closing-arguments">Derek Chauvin trial hears closing arguments as US braces for verdict</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/apr/19/derek-chauvin-trial-george-floyd-death-closing-arguments-live">Chauvin trial – live updates</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2021/apr/19/derek-chauvin-trial-prosecution-defence-make-closing-arguments-video">Continue reading...</a>