• USA The trial for the death of George Floyd against Derek Chauvin in the USA begins: "What is judged is how far freedom and justice have come"

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George Floyd died from the combination of the drugs he had taken and his health problems, and not from the actions of police officer Derek Chauvin.

That was the thesis of Chauvin's attorney, Eric Nelson, on the second day of the trial on Floyd's death, which sparked the worst race riots in America since 1968.

Nelson and, by extension, Chauvin had a rough day.

The session was dominated by the testimony of

Darnella Frazier

, who is the one who recorded the video that went around the world in which Chauvin puts his left knee on Floyd's neck while he yells "I can't breathe!"

and calls his mother until he ends up dying.

Frazier's words resonated on television and on the Internet in the US, where the process is being broadcast live.

Chauvin "did not seem to mind that"

as Floyd was dying, said the young woman, who accused the police of having "a cold, heartless look."

Frazier spoke without his face being seen, since, when he took the images on his mobile phone, he was a minor.

For that reason, Chauvin's defense did not ask him questions.

The young woman's testimony not only had an emotional element.

Frazier insisted that

"when I see George Floyd I see my father; I see my brothers, my cousins, my uncles, because they are all black

.

"

The racial question underlies the entire trial.

Floyd was black;

Chauvin is white.

Two of the other three police officers who made up his patrol were also white, while one is Asian.

All of them will be tried this summer, once the Chauvin trial has concluded.

The trial jury is made up of 14 people

.

Of them, eight are white and six of other races.

Five are men, and nine are women.

Yours will be the task of deciding whether Chauvin is guilty or innocent.

No one will be satisfied with your opinion.

If they choose to hear the former, they will be blamed for having given in to pressure from the media, the street, and social media.

If they vote to hear Chauvin's innocence, they will be called racists.

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