Lung expert: Officers could have saved George Floyd’s life
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A lung specialist says George Floyd could have been saved if police officers had moved him into a position to breathe more easily. Dr. David Systrom testified Monday at the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating Floyd’s rights. He also says Floyd’s survival chances would have doubled or tripled if the officers had performed CPR as soon as his heart stopped. Federal prosecutors say J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao deprived Floyd of his rights when they failed to give him medical aid as Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the Black man’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes. Kueng and Thao are also accused of failing to intervene.
