The world has seen the unforgettable footage of George Floyd's death. And the viral video is the main thing that attorneys for Derek Chauvin don't want the jury to focus on. 

On Monday, the first day of Chauvin's murder trial in Minnesota, attorney Eric Nelson previewed his defense of Chauvin, a white ex-Minneapolis police officer charged with killing Floyd, a Black man. Instead of the video, Nelson focused on Floyd’s existing health issues and his drug use.

For the prosecution, the video was the star witness. It was shown in its entirety during the opening by attorney Jerry Blackwell, who went into Chauvin’s training and his oath as a police officer, opening with an image of the Minneapolis Police Department’s badge and the motto “protect with courage, to serve with compassion.”

Blackwell told jurors that Chauvin “betrayed this badge when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of George Floyd.”