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Williams had spent that memorial day fishing and compared floyd's demise under the knee of derek chauvin, the former police officer on trial, to the fish he caught, as they suffocate out of the water. The murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is scheduled to enter its seventh day at around 8:30am ct (2:30pm uk) on tuesday, following an eventful day of witness. Derek chauvin is on trial for george floyd's death.
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Chauvin and three other officers were fired after the video of their may 25 arrest of george floyd became public. Minnesota attorney general keith ellison (d) has upgraded the charge against derek chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer who knelt on george floyd's neck for more than eight minutes shortly before floyd. Chauvin and the other officers never turned floyd on his side, even as he said he couldn't breathe 27 times before his body went limp. Live updates chauvin trial resumes with police saying officer's 'unauthorized' neck restraint on floyd considered 'an act of aggression'.