Christopher Martin, the Cup Foods employee who asked about a fake bill, testified that the whole situation could have been avoided in the death of George Floyd. Video / Court TV via APThe convenience store cashier who was handed a counterfeit $20 bill by George Floyd — setting in motion the Black man's ill-fated encounter with police — testified Wednesday that he watched Floyd's arrest outside with "disbelief -- and guilt." Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the death of Floyd. Floyd's death, along with the harrowing bystander video of him, triggered sometimes violent protests around the world and a reckoning over racism and police brutality across the US. George Floyd died while a police officer kneeled on his neck for more than 9 minutes.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 31, 2021 18:27 UTC