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EXPLAINER: Judge lets jury decide Floyd's remark about drugs

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MINNEAPOLIS – The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd said Monday that he'll leave it up to the jury to sort out whether Floyd yelled “I ate too many drugs” or “I ain’t do no drugs” as three officers pinned him to the ground.

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill made the ruling as attorneys argued over whether to allow the testimony of a use-of-force expert for the prosecution, Seth Stoughton, a professor at the University of South Carolina Law School.

Prosecutors wanted him to testify from an academic perspective on whether Chauvin used reasonable force and about national policing standards.

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