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George Floyd: video shows what Chauvin did after ambulance arrived

2021-03-31T23:31:32.297Z


Moments after George Floyd was put into an ambulance, former cop Derek Chauvin was confronted by a witness.


Witness to Floyd's arrest: A man was being killed 4:02

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 Moments after George Floyd was put into an ambulance last May, former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin was confronted by a 61-year-old witness who disagreed that the officer knelt on Floyd's neck. .

"That's one person's opinion," Chauvin replied as he climbed into his police cruiser.

“We had to control this guy because he is a big man.

Looks like he's probably onto something, ”he added.

  • Witnesses to George Floyd's death, including a 9-year-old girl, explain their horror and fear

The brief video of Chauvin's own body camera was played this Wednesday, during the criminal trial he faces.

In addition, the clip represents the first time that the public has known anything from the perspective of the ex-cop in the almost 10 months since Floyd died below his knee.

Events that sparked a worldwide protest movement.

Charles McMillian, the 61-year-old witness, testified that he observed Floyd's arrest and death.

He also mentioned that he later had a brief conversation with Chauvin, as police were leaving the scene.

"What I saw was wrong," he told the court.

McMillian testified that he had encouraged Floyd to join the police car, while telling him "you can't win."

Prosecutors replayed scathing footage of Floyd's arrest for the court, which was recorded by body cameras of the officers.

In them Floyd is heard saying, breathlessly, that he is claustrophobic, that he cannot breathe and also call his mother.

The video left McMillian in tears and agitated on the witness stand.

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"I feel powerless," he said.

«I don't have a mother either.

I understand it, "he said.

Charles McMillian, left, had a brief conversation with ex-cop Derek Chauvin moments after George Floyd was taken away in an ambulance.

Chauvin, 45, has pleaded not guilty to charges of willful manslaughter, second degree manslaughter and aggravated manslaughter - an act eminently dangerous to others.

His trial begins 10 months after Floyd's death sparked a demand for justice against racism and aggressive surveillance suffered by blacks in the United States.

Witnesses to George Floyd's death express guilt

McMillian's testimony occurred on the third day of Derek Chauvin's trial.

Prosecutors have called multiple witnesses to describe in court the horror and fear they felt watching Floyd die on May 25, 2020.

Several witnesses have expressed the survivor's guilt regarding what they did and did not do prior to Floyd's death.

The Minneapolis store clerk who suspected Floyd gave him a counterfeit $ 20 bill last May testified in court Wednesday that he felt "guilt" knowing their interaction led to Floyd's death under Chauvin's knee. .

"If I just hadn't accepted the ticket, this could have been prevented."

Those were the words of Christopher Martin, 19, a Cup Foods cashier, before the court on Wednesday.

The young man stopped working there shortly after the events because he said he did not feel safe.

Similarly, on Tuesday, a high school student who recorded and shared a video in which Chauvin appears kneeling over Floyd said he had stopped sleeping wondering what else he could have done.

Shocking testimonies on the second day of trial against Chauvin 3:28

“I spent sleepless nights apologizing to George Floyd for not doing more and not physically intervening and not saving his life.

But it is not what I should have done, it is what he should have done, "he said.

The eyewitness accounts reinforce the prosecution's initial statement that asked jurors to focus on the video of the 9 minutes and 29 seconds during which Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck.

"You can believe what you see, which is a homicide," said the prosecutor Jerry Blackwell on Monday.

"You can believe what you see," he insisted.

For his part, defense attorney Eric Nelson has argued that the case is more complicated than simple video.

He said Chauvin was continuing his police training on the use of force.

In addition, he asserted that Floyd's cause of death was a combination of drug use and pre-existing health problems.

They show security video of the store and the incident with the counterfeit bill

In the trial they showed new images of the interior of the Cup Foods store located at the corner of 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis, where the police detained Floyd.

In the video you can see Floyd inside the store.

Christopher Martin, a local employee, stated that he believed Floyd was intoxicated.

In the trial of former agent Derk Chauvin, new images were reproduced of the store that George Floyd had entered.

At one point, the video shows Martin selling Floyd a pack of cigarettes.

Martin can be seen holding the $ 20 bill that Floyd hands him.

“When I saw the bill, I realized that it had a blue pigment, like a US $ 100 bill would have. It seemed strange to me.

I assumed it was false, ”said Martin.

Martin explained that at first he thought about accepting the ticket and not confronting George Floyd.

The clerk testified that the store's policy was that "if you accepted a counterfeit bill, you would have to pay for it with your own money."

Cup Foods employee Christopher Martin testified at Derek Chauvin's trial.

He said he first thought about putting it on his own "account," but then decided to go talk to his manager about the counterfeit bill.

The manager instructed him to go to the car George Floyd had gotten in and ask for the ticket.

Martin said he went to Floyd's car twice.

The prosecution played a security video from the restaurant across the street showing Martin and another employee going to Floyd's car and asking him about the ticket.

"I told them they had to go back to the store and that the bill was fake and that my boss wanted to talk to them," Martin said.

  • LEE: Witnesses to George Floyd's death, including a 9-year-old girl, explain their horror and fear

The man testified that George Floyd “seemed like he didn't want this to happen.

I was like 'why is this happening?'

Martin said Floyd wouldn't agree to go back to the store.

The employee reported that he returned to the store and told his manager that Floyd was not going to go back in.

The manager told Martin to get back in the car and try again.

After Martin and a co-worker tried a second time, George Floyd still refused to enter the store to speak to the manager.

"George Floyd didn't decide to go into the store," he said.

Martin explained that after telling the manager a second time that George Floyd was not going to go back into the store, someone called the police.

A fateful call that ultimately ended with Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck.

  • Former cop Derek Chauvin knelt over George Floyd 9 minutes and 29 seconds, longer than the infamous 8:46

Martin recorded when Floyd was below Chauvin's knee, but deleted the video from his phone that night.

"I just didn't want to have to show it to anyone or be asked about it," he said.

Christopher Belfrey, who went to Cup Foods to pick up food, testified that he saw police walk to Floyd's vehicle and point a gun at the window.

From inside his car, he videotaped police handcuffing Floyd and then driving him to a sidewalk.

'I didn't know exactly what was going on.

I didn't want to be in the middle of all the commotion, ”Belfrey testified.

And he explained that that's why he moved his vehicle.

Off-duty firefighter said police stopped her from helping Floyd

Genevieve Hansen, an off-duty firefighter, said police would not let her help George Floyd.

Testimony Wednesday began with a brief questioning of Genevieve Hansen, a Minneapolis firefighter who was off duty.

She testified the day before she went for a walk on her day off last May, when Floyd was found struggling to breathe and appeared unconscious under Derek Chauvin's knee.

She tried to help Floyd and repeatedly asked the police to check her pulse, but they refused.

Which left her desperate and defenseless.

"I tried to reason calmly, I tried to be assertive, I begged and I was desperate," she testified.

"I was desperate to help."

Hansen took a confrontational position with Nelson, the defense attorney, during questioning Tuesday.

The firefighter repeatedly questioned his questioning and responded sarcastically.

"I don't know if you've ever seen someone die in front of you, but it's very disturbing," he said at one point.

After firing the jury for the day, Judge Peter Cahill admonished Hansen, telling him to answer the questions and stop arguing.

Upon her return to the stand on Wednesday morning, Nelson only asked one question to confirm that she did not show her identification to the officers at the scene.

Nelson argued in opening statements that the witnesses transformed into a threatening crowd, distracting the police from doing their job.

During questioning of Hansen and mixed martial arts fighter Donald Williams II on Tuesday, the lawyer tried to get them to admit that both they and the crowd were angry as Floyd slowly died.

The witnesses in which they were increasingly desperate, defenseless and worried.

«I was professional.

I kept my composure, ”Williams said.

"You can't make it look like I'm angry," he said.

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Source: cnnespanol

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