Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in death of George Floyd

Floyd was already handcuffed on the ground, positioned on his side, when he was then put in the prone position, on his stomach, Schleicher said.

While a subject is on his side, known as the "prone recovery position," it provides room for the chest to expand so he can breathe, Schleicher said.

Putting Floyd on his stomach after he was already in the recovery position was "completely unnecessary," Schleicher said.

"That is when the excessive force began," he said.

Schleicher reminded the jury that Floyd is not the defendant in the case, pointing to the testimony that characterized Floyd as having a drug addiction and the accusation that he used a fake $20 bill in the Cup Foods, which prompted the 911 call that brought Chauvin to the scene.

"But he is not on trial," Schleicher. "He didn't get a trial when he was alive, and he is not on trial here."

Schleicher also dismissed claims the defense made that Floyd was noncompliant and resisting arrest, stating that Floyd followed commands to put his hands on the steering wheel upon his first encounter with Minnesota Police officers.

"That is not resistance," Schleicher said. "That is compliance."

Schleicher made "very clear" that the state was prosecuting Derek Chauvin, not the Minneapolis Police Department, calling policing a "most noble profession."

"This case is called the State of Minnesota versus Derek Chauvin," Schleicher said. "This case isn’t called the State of Minnesota versus the police."

Schleicher also said that Chauvin is not on trial for who he was, a police officer, but for "what he did," pointing to the multiple witnesses on the scene who felt compelled to call the police on the police."

He accused Chauvin of abandoning his values and training.

"He did not follow the department's use of force rules," Schleicher said. "He did not perform CPR. He knew better. He just didn't do better."