18-year-old Frazier was all in tears while testifying about George Floyd’s case
George Floyd Death case hearing is taking new turns as jurors heard witnesses, including mixed martial arts fighter and the teenager who recorded a video. In the Tuesday trial, the witnesses took the stand in former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s case.
Also, additional two testimony a 911 dispatcher and a cashier working across the street appeared in the court on Monday. Lawyers for the defense and prosecution opened the trial by laying out their case.
Derek Chauvin, charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter for committing a crime against Minneapolis resident George Floyd, pinning his knee against Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes as Floyd cried out “I can’t breathe” more than 20 times.
On Tuesday, Judge Peter Cahill ousted state motion first thing to keep all audio and video of four key witnesses from being made public. While Cahill said the witnesses, including the now-18-year-old woman who was 17 at the time and filmed the bystander video that went viral, would be allowed to be referred to by the first name only, they would not speak or spell their names on camera or audio.
The 17-year-old witness narrated the incident in the court she said she was on the way with her cousin towards an eatery where she’s been “hundreds, maybe even thousands” of times when she saw a man “and a cop kneeling on him.” She said she quickly ushered her cousin into the store.
“It wasn’t right. He was suffering. He was in pain,” she said. “He cried for his mom.”
Frazier testified in the court with a heavy heart “It seemed like he knew. It seemed like he knew it was over for him,” Frazier said in a comment that was stricken from the record because she isn’t allowed to testify about what Floyd was thinking.