Chauvin trial store clerk describes drug suspicion before George Floyd's arrest

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Prosecution has said Floyd’s drug use did not justify officer Derek Chauvin’s use of force and was not the cause of his death
The cashier who served George Floyd immediately before his arrest last May has described him as appearing to be “high” on drugs in testimony on the third day of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.
Christopher Martin, 19, said he noticed Floyd because “he was a big man” and that they had a long conversation about sport. He said that the 46 year-old Black man’s speech was laboured. Continue reading...

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