"I feel helpless".
Charles McMillan, witness to the arrest of George Floyd, broke down in tears at the bar of the court of Minneapolis, Wednesday, March 31, during the broadcast of one of the videos showing the arrest of George Floyd.
The trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer accused of killing the 40-year-old African-American in May 2020, opened Monday in Minneapolis, United States.
On May 25, 2020, the police officer had put his knee for 9 minutes on the neck of George Floyd, suspected of having passed a fake twenty dollar bill in a grocery store.
Since the start of the trial, witnesses have taken the stand and relate with emotion the agony of George Floyd.
“When I arrived at the scene, Mr. Floyd was expressing his grief, pain and distress he was experiencing.
The more the knee locked his neck, the more you could see Floyd dying, slowly dying.
And like a fish in a bag, you saw his eyes slowly turn pale and slowly roll towards the back of his head, ”said Donald Williams, witness of the scene.
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Darnella Frazier, the author of the viral video showing George Floyd's last moments, also spoke.
“I spent whole nights apologizing and apologizing to George Floyd for not doing more and for not acting physically and saving his life.
But it's like, it's not what I should have done, it's what he should have done.
», Explained the teenager, on the verge of tears.
The trial of Derek Chauvin, who pleads not guilty, is scheduled to last until the end of April.
The man faces up to 40 years in prison.