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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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.
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.
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.
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.