One of Michael Jackson's bodyguards says the
pop star's two eldest children watched as the doctor charged in the singer's death frantically attempted to revive him in the bedroom of his rented mansion.
Faheem Muhammad testified Tuesday in Los Angeles that Dr.
Conrad Murray appeared panicked as he performed chest compressions on the singer on a bed. Muhammad says the
doctor asked at one point whether anyone knew CPR.
The guard says he saw
Jackson's children Prince and Paris watching their father, who he described laying on the bed with his eyes and mouth wide open. Muhammad says Paris was crying on the floor and he eventually escorted them from the room.
The testimony comes in a preliminary hearing to determine if Murray must stand trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter for injecting Jackson with an anesthetic to help him sleep. Murray has pleaded not guilty.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7365686.html
If I was the prosecution that (CPR on a bed- hard surface required) is one of the points that would be hammered home. The other ones would be:
1) He FRANTICALLY administered CPR? Doctors are usually very calm in stressful situations like this- they know - or should know- panicking can kill their patients. What had him so freaked out (maybe knowing he administered a drug he should not have and then LEFT his patient?)
2) He asked if anyone knew CPR... Excuse me? Every time I hear this I have to pinch myself. He's a doctor right? Not just any doctor- a cardiologist. In CPR you compress the heart.
3) Time lapse to call 911 - There are some states you, as a layman can be held criminally responsible if you delay or forgo calling 911. So, this is negligent in itself.
4) And- A drug was administered in a setting it is not intended for and without proper monitoring (that should be Nr 1). If Michael felt well or not or had the chills or not a week before should not matter. Cause of death was ruled- and we know what that was.
5)It is almost impossible to self administer this drug- due to the anethetic effect.
I think testemony today started to lay those foundations for these arguments. Those are the facts as there are witnesses, the autopsy findings, and standards of medical care that Murray was obligated to.
Everything else just clouds the facts.
As I am typing this, trying to NOt get distracted, I am outraged by the thought of the children witnessing all this.