As noted in a prior post, the original May 29th criminal complaints against the four former Minneapolis policeman stated that Derek Chauvin held his knee to Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes, 46 seconds, a figure that became prominent in subsequent protests. However, on June 18th prosecutors admitted a mathematical error in calculating that time and said the actual time was 7 minutes and 46 seconds.[1]
Subsequent prosecution analysis of the time-stamped body camera footages of the other three defendants indicated that Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck “for at least nine minutes flat, but possibly for as long as 9 minutes, 31 seconds.” Thus, some prosecution filings have said the length of the restraint was “approximately nine minutes” and at least once as “more than nine minutes and twenty seconds.” [2]
Most recently a prosecution spokesperson said the length of time of the restraint would be documented by evidence at trial.
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[1] Revised Length of Time for Minneapolis Police Restraint of George Floyd, dwkcommentaries.com (June 18, 2020) .
[2] Forliti (Assoc. Press), Prosecutors: Officer was on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes, StarTribune (Mar. 4, 2021).
