Article 5J5GM ‘I allowed myself to feel guilty for a very long time’: the teenage cashier who took George Floyd’s $20 bill

‘I allowed myself to feel guilty for a very long time’: the teenage cashier who took George Floyd’s $20 bill

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Oliver Laughlandand Amudalat Ajasa in Minneapolis
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A year ago, Christopher Martin took an allegedly counterfeit bill. The police were called, and shortly after, Floyd would be dead

Christopher Martin lived above a bricked grocery store in south Minneapolis, with a maroon awning and bold red signage that reads Cup Foods. So when a cashier's position came up last year, he took it without thinking.

He quickly learned the regulars' orders by heart, their specific tobacco preferences, their favored snacks. The job was more than just a paycheck. A family, community base," he remembered. A lot of jokes and laughs."

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