Derek Chauvin trial witnesses: Onlooker anger increased as George Floyd stopped moving
3 years, 9 months ago

Derek Chauvin trial witnesses: Onlooker anger increased as George Floyd stopped moving

LA Times  

Onlookers grew increasingly angry as they begged Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin to take his knee off George Floyd’s neck, but Chauvin would not let up, and another officer forced back members of the crowd who tried to intervene, witnesses testified Tuesday at Chauvin’s murder trial. Chauvin continued to kneel on Floyd while fellow Officer Tou Thao held the crowd of about 15 back, even when one of the onlookers identified herself as a firefighter and pleaded repeatedly to check Floyd’s pulse, according to witnesses and bystander video. Earlier Tuesday, Donald Williams, one of the onlookers, testified that he called 911 after paramedics took Floyd away, “because I believed I witnessed a murder.” In a recording of the emergency call, Williams could be overheard yelling at the officers: “Y’all is murderers, bro!” During cross-examination, Chauvin’s attorney pointed out that Williams seemed to grow increasingly angry at police, taunting Chauvin with “tough guy,” “bum” and other names, then calling Chauvin expletives, which the defense attorney repeated in court. From Chauvin, and from Officer Thao.” Also Tuesday, prosecutors played cellphone video recorded by yet another bystander, 18-year-old Alyssa Funari, that showed onlookers shouting and screaming at Chauvin after Floyd stopped moving.

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