Erin Eldridge questions McMillian for the State.

McMillian describes seeing the former officers bringing Floyd over to the squad outside of Cup Foods.

Eldridge, "Was he still handcuffed at that point?"

McMillian, "Yes Ma'am"
We're seeing surveillance/body camera video now which shows McMillian, wearing black shirt, talking to Floyd as officers tried to get him in the vehicle.
McMillain can be heard telling Floyd "You can't win".

He explains to Eldridge, "Because I have had interactions with officers myself and I understand ... you can't win."
McMillian says he had encountered Chauvin about five days prior, recognized him as an officer in the community.
McMillian can be seen observing the entire struggle at the squad. Again, he's wearing the black shirt and shorts.
As they finish showing this piece of the surveillance video/ body cam video, McMillian is crying.

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31 Mar
As they bring Floyd to the squad, you can hear Floyd say "I am claustrophobic for real, Mr. Officer", tell them he's scared. One of the officers offers to crack a window.

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In this body worn camera footage, we just saw the struggle at the squad. Now #GeorgeFloyd is being restrained on the ground.

The officers are debating whether to use a hobble device to restrain him, Floyd is telling them he can't breathe.
Video is paused as Schleicher asks Lt. Rugel what is on the ground there -- he identifies it as a body camera.
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31 Mar
Schleicher now asking about body worn cameras.

Lt. Rugel, "As of now every sworn employee has a body worn camera", says his department is the primary point of contact for their BWC vendor.
Schleicher asks for summary of BWC policy

Lt. Rugel, "It requires officers working in uniform, always wear their body worn camera. That they have it on in a standby mode whenever they're working and that they activate and record video when they're responding to a call..."
Lt. Rugel is explaining how cameras are linked to officers and case.

Lt. Rugel says, "Depending on the type of video, the minimum retention is a year", for any evidence it's 7 years, for significant incidents it could be kept indefinitely.
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31 Mar
McMillian is extremely upset and describes feeling helpless.

Judge Cahill decides to call for a 10 minute break.
Back from break.

Eldridge has McMillian describe the video and his conversation with Floyd.

Eldridge, "What stood out to you about what Mr. Floyd was saying?"

McMillian, "When he kept saying I can't breathe and when he said 'mama, they're killing me'"
Eldridge asks if he saw officers "use any kind of tie" to restrain Floyd.

McMillian says, "No they did not".
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31 Mar
Next witness is Christopher Belfrey, who says he’s lived in south Minneapolis for about 3 years.

He went to Cup Foods on May 25, 2020.
Belfrey parked behind an SUV across the street from the Cup Foods.

Frank, “Did you see something that drew your attention?”

Belfrey, “Two officers were coming across the street.. they approached the vehicle in front of me”, describes officer drawing handgun, “it startled me”.
Belfrey says “I didn’t know exactly what was going on” so he moved his car across the street.

We are about to see video he filmed before moving his vehicle.
Read 5 tweets
31 Mar
Martin says he felt guilt watching it all unfold, saying if he hadn’t taken the $20 bill “this could’ve been avoided”.
Martin says he did not continue working at Cup Foods because he did not feel safe.

Nelson now cross examining this witness.
Nelson asks, “You immediately recognized it as a counterfeit bill?”

Martin responds, “Correct” and again references the color of the $20 bill.
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31 Mar
After a few follow up questions from Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank, Hansen is dismissed.
The next witness, Christopher Martin says he was about two months on the job at Cup Foods on May 25 2020. Martin explains it’s a busy store.
Martin says he noticed #GeorgeFloyd when he came in the store because he was so tall.

He describes asking Floyd if he played baseball and Floyd responded he played football. He says Floyd responded slowly so Martin thought Floyd seemed under the influence.
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