Chauvin Trial: Witnesses Describe Officers' Fatal Detention Of George Floyd
"Even I said to the officer, I said, 'man, he said he can't breathe.' They said, 'if he keep talking, well, he can breathe,'" said Charles McMillian, who testified that he pulled over to observe.
Two bystanders, testifying for the prosecution, described what they witnessed in the fatal interaction between George Floyd and Minneapolis Police in testimony Wednesday during the murder trial of former officer Derek Chauvin.
Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020, death of Floyd.
Charles McMillian, 61, lives in Minneapolis near Cup Foods.
He was driving his van by Cup Foods when he saw police officers next to Floyd's SUV.
He immediately pulled over. When asked why, he replied, "Being nosy... in the neighborhood, I'm a nosy person."
From the Cup Foods side of the
