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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.

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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.
Again, this video is from former officer Lane's body camera footage. He is restraining Floyd's legs.

Lane asks whether they should roll Floyd on his side at this point.
We see Lane move off of Floyd's legs and say that it appears Floyd is "passed out".

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You can very clearly hear the bystanders ask the officers to check Floyd's pulse over and over again in the video.
As #GeorgeFloyd is loaded into the ambulance, the video is paused.

Schleicher moves on to the body worn camera footage of former officer Kueng, which we are now seeing.
When they approach the vehicle, Kueng goes around to the passenger side.
We can see Kueng speaking to Floyd on the sidewalk. Floyd is handcuffed.

Lane and Kueng then walk Floyd across the street to the squad.
At the squad we hear the officers tell Floyd to get into the vehicle. From Kueng's camera, you can see Lane go around to the other side, appearing to pull Floyd into the squad.
This is the angle from Kueng's camera once Floyd is on the ground. We can hear Floyd say he is claustrophobic, "I can't breathe" and "everything hurts".

We can also hear an officer raising concerns about drugs, an officer can also be heard telling Floyd to relax.
For the last 40 minutes, we've been seeing footage from these two body worn cameras.

We can hear the voices of Donald Williams and Minneapolis Firefighter Genevieve Hansen in the background, both testified yesterday. Williams' testimony started on Monday.
Schleicher pauses the video.

We are now about to see the video from former officer Tou Thao's body worn camera.
From this video, we can see Thao approach the scene and the attempts to get Floyd into the squad.
From Thao's video, we can see Chauvin had Floyd in some kind of hold at the squad.
We can see Thao go through the back of the squad and then it appears he hands something to Lane.
From Thao's body camera, you can see the position of the officers and the crowd.
Williams and Hansen can be seen addressing Thao and Chauvin, telling officers to check for a pulse.

Schleicher stops playing the video shortly after.
Schleicher now has Chauvin's body camera footage played-
That footage paused before Chauvin gets out of the squad.
Schleicher is now submitting photographs from each of the former officers' body worn cameras.

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Mar 31, 2021
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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Mar 31, 2021
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".
Read 20 tweets
Mar 31, 2021
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."
Read 6 tweets
Mar 31, 2021
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
Mar 31, 2021
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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Mar 31, 2021
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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