China News Service, March 30. According to a report by the US Chinese website, on the 29th local time, the former Minneapolis police officer and white man Xiao Wan, who was accused of killing an African-American man Freud, appeared in court for trial. The defense lawyer issued an opening statement.
The prosecution told the jury that the time that Xiao Wan pressed his knee on Freud's neck was 9 minutes and 29 seconds, 43 seconds longer than the previous 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
The defense retorted that the evidence in this case far exceeded "9 minutes and 29 seconds."
According to reports, in May 2020, after a video of Freud shouting "I can't breathe" before his death was exposed, it caused a strong shock in the U.S. and even international public opinion, and several months of anti-police violence broke out in many places in the U.S. And racial injustice.
On March 9, local time, a citizen of Brooklyn, New York, USA walked past the portrait of Freud.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan
On the 29th, the prosecutor played this video taken by bystanders in front of the jury. Prosecutor Blackwell told the jury that people need to remember the number of 9 minutes and 29 seconds. Time on Lloyd's neck.
Previously reported that Freud was kneeling down for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, this time the prosecutor updated this time to 9 minutes and 29 seconds.
Blackwell told the jury: "You can believe what you saw with your own eyes. This is murder. This is murder. You can believe what you saw with your own eyes.
Defense lawyer Nelson retorted that the evidence in this case far exceeded "9 minutes and 29 seconds."
Nelson said that the list of witnesses in this case includes nearly 400 people, and there are nearly 50,000 documents and evidence related to the case.
Nelson has made it clear that the defense will raise the issue of Freud's drug use before his arrest, trying to convince the jury that he was at least partially responsible for his death.
The first witness summoned to appear in court in this case was Minneapolis 911 dispatcher Scurry.
Scully testified that she saw the scene of Freud being detained by Xiao Wan and his colleagues through a police camera near the scene. Xiao Wan knelt on Freud's neck for a long time and did not move. She thought the scene was frozen. , She decided to ask her superiors for help.
According to reports, Chau Wan’s trial is expected to take place in a courthouse in downtown Minneapolis for about four weeks, where concrete fences, fences, and barbed wire are used to block the court.
When the Freud family's lawyer Crump, the pastor Sharpton and members of the Freud family passed by the gate of the court on Monday, dozens of people shouted slogans and slogans in the middle of the street at the gate of the court. Crump said at a press conference earlier on the 29th that this trial will be a test of "whether the United States will practice the Declaration of Independence."