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".
This surveillance footage shows a wider view of where McMillian is standing during the encounter. He moves back over to the sidewalk shortly after this moment.
Eldridge, "Someone in that clip says you know 'your knee on his neck is wrong, Man', something like that. Was that you?"
McMillian says, "Yes ma'am."
McMillian says he was concerned in that moment.
Eldridge, "At any point in time did you see any of the officers give any medical attention ... to Mr. Floyd?"
McMillian, "No, ma'am".
McMillian had an encounter with Chauvin after Floyd was taken away in the ambulance.
Eldridge "One of the voices was saying something to the effect of 'I don't respect what you did '" McMillian confirms that was his voice.
Eldridge, "Why did you feel the need to talk to Mr. Chauvin?"
McMillian, "Because what I watched was wrong".
Nelson decides he will not question McMillian so he is excused from court.
State's next witness is Lt. James Rugel with Minneapolis Police Department, has been with the department for "just over 32 years".
Lt. Rugel manages the technology equipment and software systems that officers use.
Steve Schleicher says they are using this witness to get video admitted.
Lt. Rugel was promoted to lieutenant in 2000. He says he was previously a patrol officer, also worked as an investigator on gang and drug trafficking cases.
Schleicher asks Lt. Rugel to talk about surveillance footage available
Rugel says there are roughly 250 public safety cams in high traffic areas, or areas they expect to see a lot of activity. They're on 24/7 and can be monitored from precincts & at strategic information center.
Lt. Rugel explaining how the cameras work, footage held in server for 14 days then expires. But he says video can be downloaded.
"It's very common for an investigator to ... say hey will you go find the video from this corner, from this time to this time and save it for me?"
Schleicher, "Upon request here were you able to review certain business records ... to determine whether or not milestone video was requested and downloaded in this case?"
Lt. Rugel, "Yes."
Lt. Rugel says, "I believe he wanted video from the camera at 38th and Chicago from about 7pm ... to about 11 pm", says it was obtained by MPD officer.
Schleicher asks if date and time stamps on video are accurate. Lt. Rugel says yes and that one of the reasons they use the milestone program is because the timestamp can't be altered.
Schleicher is showing the footage being referenced, tells the jury this portion will run from 8:08 p.m. until 8:14 p.m.
This video does not have sound.
We can see former officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Keung walk across the street to where #GeorgeFloyd was in the SUV.
The camera then pans around, showing different parts of the street outside of Cup Foods.
Schleicher stops the video here, as the former officers bring Floyd back to the squad.
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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.
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."
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.