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Chauvin’s attorney asks Martin if he accepted a bill he believed was fake from Floyd because he felt he was "under the influence.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Martin testifies that when Floyd and his friend returned, he felt the friend was trying to scheme and pass fake money, but he wasn’t sure if Floyd knew it was phony bill — PolitiTweet.org

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Under defense cross examination, Martin testifies that Floyd had been in the store earlier the day with a friend who tried to pass a what he believed was fake bill but he rejected that fake bill at the time — PolitiTweet.org

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Martin says he went back inside and finished his shift at Cup Foods but later stopped working there. “I didn’t feel safe.” — PolitiTweet.org

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The jury sees video of Martin standing there with his hands on his head, pacing a bit. Asked what he was thinking, he says he was in “disbelief” and felt “guilt.” If he had just rejected the fake bill, “this could have been avoided" — PolitiTweet.org

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Martin testifies that went back outside and was “emotional.” He recalls telling another Black man at the scene, "I was just like like they're not going to help. This is what we have to deal with” — PolitiTweet.org

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Martin says he filmed until Thao shoved one of his coworkers. We are looking at security video that shows Cup Foods employees who appear to be distressed going back into the market — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked why he deleted the video he shot, Martin said, "I just didn't want to have to show it to anyone" — PolitiTweet.org

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Martin testifies that he called his mother who lived above Cup Foos and told her not to come outside. He then began taping the scene, a video he later deleted because after the ambulance loaded Floyd it drove the opposite way of the hospital, leading him to believe Floyd was dead — PolitiTweet.org

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Martin testifies that he tried twice to get Floyd to come back into the store. Another employee called the police when Floyd refused. Martin went back to work until he noticed a commotion outside the store and went to look. “I saw Derek with his knee on George's neck" — PolitiTweet.org

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We’re back and about to look at surveillance video. No mention of the juror from Judge Cahill — PolitiTweet.org

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Per the pool reporter inside the courtroom, Cahill called the sudden break after a juror stood and began motioning to the door and appeared ill. — PolitiTweet.org

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Martin said he noticed the $20 bill Floyd gave him appeared to be fake. Under Cup Foods policy, Martin would have had to cover the bill out of his own pay. A manager told him to go outside and ask Floyd to come back in. We will apparently see that video after a short recess — PolitiTweet.org

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Martin testified that when Floyd came in the store he noticed his large size and asked him if he played baseball. “Football,” Floyd replied. Martin said the man appeared to be “high” but was conversational — PolitiTweet.org

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Floyd is seen on the video walking around the store and at one point appeared to be dancing a bit back and forth in front of the store register. The video runs about 11 minutes. Also on the video at least one of the passengers from the car Floyd was driving: Morries Lester Hall — PolitiTweet.org

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Currently on the stand is Christopher Martin, a store clerk at Cup Foods who told George Floyd a pack of cigarettes the night of May 25. Floyd paid with what Martin believed was a fake $20 bill. For the first time, we’re seeing video from inside Cup Foods — PolitiTweet.org

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Genevieve Hansen, the off-duty firefighter who pressed the officers to check George Floyd’s pulse, will return to the stand this morning, followed by other eyewitnesses. Follow along here https://t.co/osdAg6jItm — PolitiTweet.org

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Proceedings are about to get started on day three of testimony in the Derek Chauvin trial. Here’s what happened yesterday https://t.co/QrVcO1tka3 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @washingtonpost: Chauvin’s lawyer asked a Black witness about anger, conjuring centuries-old tropes, scholars say https://t.co/3Fu2oUjSl4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Young witnesses to George Floyd’s death testify they felt helpless as they watched him die and feared Derek Chauvin https://t.co/QrVcO1bJiv — PolitiTweet.org

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Frazier begins crying when asked if how her life has changed. She says she feels guilt because she didn’t do more to save Floyd’s life. "But it's not what I should have done, it's what he should have done,” she says of Chauvin — PolitiTweet.org

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On redirect, prosecutors ask if Frazier saw anyone come across the street “to attack or threaten” Chauvin. She says no. She says the officer did not appear scared of her or others — PolitiTweet.org

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Nelson asks Frazier if she was “surprised” her video went viral. She says she was. Did it change your life? “It has,” she says — PolitiTweet.org

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On cross examination, Nelson asks Frazier if she saw people across the street — a line of questioning that gets to the defense argument that officers felt threatened by a hostile crowd around them. She says she was focused on what she was seeing in front of her — PolitiTweet.org

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Frazier testifies that Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck even after the ambulance arrived. She testifies that she never saw Floyd do anything threatening to the officers — PolitiTweet.org

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Back from recess, Frazier describes the “cold look” on Chauvin’s face. “Heartless,” she says. She’s asked to identify him in the court. After a nudge from his attorney, Chauvin stands and removes his face mask and she points him out — PolitiTweet.org

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Frazier testifies Chauvin scared her, in part by grabbing his mace as they shouted for him get off Floyd. She’s asked if she ever saw Chauvin relent. No, she says, as time passed he was “kneeling harder.” She says it like Chauvin was “feeding off of our energy” — defense objects — PolitiTweet.org

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Frazier is asked if the crowd that gathered at the scene was unruly or a mob. No, she says. A prosecutor asks if she saw any “violence at the scene at all?” “Yes, from the cops,” Frazier testifies — PolitiTweet.org

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Chauvin, who is seated nearby and taking notes, looked up toward the witness stand. It’s unclear if he can see her. A camera largely blocks his view of the witness box — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if the man in the courtroom — Chauvin — was the officer she saw atop Floyd, Frazier whispers a barely audible “yes" — PolitiTweet.org