MINNEAPOLIS — Attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd made their closing arguments Monday, each side seeking to distill three weeks of testimony to persuade jurors to deliver their view of the right verdict.

Click here to watch the trial live on your smartphone, tablet or desktop. Click here to stream the trial live on the WFTV Now app on your smart TV.

>>> WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THE TRIAL HERE <<<

The jury started deliberating in the case just after 5 p.m.

For prosecutors, Derek Chauvin recklessly squeezed the life from Floyd as he and two other officers pinned him to the street for 9 minutes, 29 seconds outside a corner market, despite Floyd’s repeated cries that he couldn’t breathe — actions they say warrant conviction not just for manslaughter but also on two murder counts.

>>> DOWNLOAD THE WFTV NOW APP FOR YOUR SMART TV <<<

For the defense, Floyd, who was Black, put himself at risk by swallowing fentanyl and methamphetamine, then resisted officers trying to arrest him — factors that compounded his vulnerability to a diseased heart and raise sufficient doubt that Chauvin, who is white, should be acquitted.

READ: Derek Chauvin trial: Closing arguments begin Monday

Each side will pull key testimony to support their narrative for what killed Floyd in a case that roiled America 11 months ago and continues to resonate. The anonymous jury will later deliver verdicts in a downtown courthouse surrounded by concrete barriers and razor wire, in an anxious city heavily fortified by National Guard members and just days after fresh outrage erupted over the police killing of a 20-year-old Black man in a nearby suburb.

Click here to download the WFTV mobile app to get the verdict straight to your phone.

READ: Expert: Chauvin did not take actions of ‘reasonable officer’

ExpandAutoplay

Image 1 of 33

Day 9 Police secure a scene after arresting protesters broke curfew by marching through Manhattan Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in New York, during a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (Wong Maye-E/AP)

READ: Key events since George Floyd’s arrest and death

George Floyd lawsuit settled for $27M (NCD)

ExpandAutoplay

Image 1 of 19

George Floyd visitation Mourners pass by the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool) (David J. Phillip/AP)

Click here to watch the trial live on your smartphone, tablet or desktop.

Click here to stream the trial live on the WFTV Now app on your smart TV.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Third-degree murder charge reinstated against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death (NCD)

Cox Media Group