Nelson: Went to the second location so that your partner could get back in the back with you to take over for the officer, right? Smith: Not to take over ― we needed everybody we could at that time. Nelson: Why didn’t you just have the officer help you continue so you could go straight to the hospital? Smith: Any layperson can do chest compressions. There’s no reason Minneapolis couldn’t have started chest compressions.

Source: Huffington Post April 01, 2021 20:24 UTC