Jurors shown video of George Floyd gasping for breath at ex-officer’s trial

“My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts,” Mr Floyd says. “I can’t breathe, officer.”

Derek Chauvin (Court TV, via AP, Pool)

A video of George Floyd gasping for breath was front and centre as a former police officer who pressed his knee on the black man’s neck went on trial on charges of murder and manslaughter.

Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell showed jurors the footage at the earliest opportunity, during opening statements, after telling them the number to remember was nine minutes and 29 seconds — the amount of time officer Derek Chauvin had Mr Floyd pinned to the pavement in Minneapolis last May.