MINNEAPOLIS — A cashier who was one of the last people to speak with George Floyd alive last May testified at former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin’s murder trial on Wednesday of his regret accepting the fake $20 bill that led to Floyd’s deadly arrest.
Chauvin, who is white, was fired by the city’s police department the day after he was captured on video with his knee on the neck of Floyd, a Black man in handcuffs.
In body-worn camera footage played on Wednesday, Chauvin could be heard defending his actions soon after to a bystander by saying Floyd was “a sizeable guy” who was “probably on something.” It was the first time the jury has clearly heard Chauvin speak in any subs…
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