Derek Chauvin trial: witness breaks down on stand while watching video
by Oliver Laughland from on (#5G2E2)
Charles McMillian told the court: I feel helpless' while ex-officer can be heard interacting with witness in new body camera footage
Yesterday the Derek Chauvin murder trial saw more vivid and raw testimony from eyewitnesses who expressed both survivor's guilt and helplessness over witnessing George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, dying under the knee of the white former police officer in Minneapolis.
Charles McMillian, a 61-year-old eyewitness who testified on Wednesday, broke down as he watched video of the incident and explained why he confronted Chauvin after the motionless Floyd was taken away in an ambulance following the nine-minute-and-29-second knee-to-neck restraint he placed Floyd under last May.
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