Paramedic: Floyd limp when loaded on ambulance

MINNEAPOLIS – A paramedic, Seth Bravinder, told the court at the Derek Chauvin murder trial about approaching Chauvin as he was holding down George Floyd. Video was shown of Bravinder gesturing with his hand to get Chauvin’s attention. Bravinder testified that he was signaling that he and a fellow paramedic needed to move the patient. The video showed Bravinder gently supporting Floyd’s head as he was loaded onto a stretcher. “He was limp,” Bravinder said. “He was unresponsive and wasn’t holding his head up.” Bavinder explained that he drove the ambulance a few blocks away before attempting resuscitation because of tension at the scene. Bravinder said he had earlier experiences responding to police calls where people were struggling with officers and where overdosed patients were violent or aggressive. Bravinder said he had. With Floyd, however, Bravinder emphasized that Floyd wasn’t struggling with police when the ambulance arrived. He was asked: “Was Mr. Floyd struggling or violent in any way? Did it appear to you that he was already dead when you got there?” His answer: “I wouldn’t know when I pulled up on scene, but I did not see him, as I testified earlier, I didn’t see him moving or breathing.”

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