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11:45 a.m. Floyd seemed 'very friendly, approachable ... but he did seem high'
Standing watching the incident unfold, 19-year-old Christopher Martin said he felt disbelief and guilt.
"If I would have just not taken the bill this could have been avoided," Martin testified Wednesday, later saying he quit his job at the store because he did not feel safe. He would later describe Floyd "very friendly, approachable, he was talkative. He seemed to just be having an average memorial day, just living his life, but he did seem high."
A Cup Foods employee, 19-year-old Christopher Martin, is seen on surveillance footage filming the incident. Martin testified on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, that he deleted the video he took that night.
Before police arrived, Martin said he was told by his manager to go out to the car George Floyd was sitting in and get him to come back into the store. Martin and some of his coworkers tried twice to get Floyd to come in but was unsuccessful.
"I offered to pay but he [the manager] said no, just get him [Floyd] to come back inside," Martin testified.
In this image from video, Cup Foods employee Christopher Martin watches surveillance footage as he testifies March 31, 2021, in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis. (Forum News Service)
Martin said his manager instructed another employee to call 911 about the counterfeit bill.
Through cross-examination by Chauvin's attorney Eric Nelson, jurors learned that the Martin had earlier refused to accept a $20 he believed was counterfeit from a man who came into the store earlier in the day. When Floyd and the man returned that evening, Martin said he felt the man with Floyd was trying to "scheme."
"I thought that George didn't really know it was a fake bill," Martin said. "I thought that I would be doing him a favor [by accepting fake bill.]"
- Martin admitted he never received training on identifying a counterfeit bill and when he held it up to the light he said he didn't know what he was looking for.
10:10 a.m. Cup Foods employee testifies
A 19-year-old store Cup Foods employee was called to take the stand Wednesday morning. Christopher Martin lived above the store with his mom and sister and had been working at the store for about two months before the May 25, 2020, incident.
"I did have one conversation with him," Martin said of a conversation he had with George Floyd inside the store, before Floyd made his purchase. "I asked him if he played baseball and he said he played football."
Martin said Floyd took a moment to give his response and Martin said "it would appear that he was high."
Special Assistant Attorney General Jerry Blackwell told the jury Monday in his opening statement that they would hear that Floyd struggled with drug addition.
Martin sold Floyd a pack of cigarettes and took a $20 bill. Martin said when he took the bill and then held it up to the light.
"I noticed that it had a blue pigment to it, kind of like how a $100 bill will have. I found it odd so I assumed that it was fake," Martin said, adding that he took the bill anyway.
The store's policy at the time was that if an employee took a counterfeit $20 bill, they would have to pay for it out of their check.
"I took it anyway and was planning to put it on my tab," Martin said, adding that he second guessed himself and told his manager about it.
George Floyd, standing at right, can be seen in this May 25, 2020, image from security cameras at Cup Foods in Minneapolis. The security video was entered into evidence Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in the trial of Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is facing charges in Floyd's death which occurred not long after Floyd's interaction inside Cup Foods. (Forum News Service)
The cross-examination of Minneapolis firefighter Genevieve Hansen ended quickly Wednesday morning with only one additional question from Chauvin's defense attorney Eric Nelson.
"When you were on the scene on May 25, 2020, did you show any identification identify yourself as a Minneapolis firefighter," Nelson asked.
"No sir," Hansen responded. She later clarified in questioning by Minnesota Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank that she did not have identification on her as she was off that day.
Many were surprised that Ms. Hansen’s testimony was so short. I did expect the state to do some effective re-direct examination but given what happened yesterday I suspect they decided to get her off the stand quickly. The state does have what it needs to argue in closing.
— Mary Moriarty (@MaryMoriarty) March 31, 2021
8 a.m.: Cross-examination of firefighter continues
The third day of testimony in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin begins at 9:30 a.m. today, Wednesday, March 31, with the continuing cross-examination of Minneapolis firefighter Genevieve Hansen. Hansen was off-duty and on a walk on the evening of May 25, 2020, when she came across the incident with George Floyd.
Toward the end court Tuesday, Judge Peter Cahill dismissed the jury and scolded Hansen not to argue with the court or counsel.
Minutes later, he called into court a woman who had taken a cellphone photo elsewhere in the Hennepin County Courthouse building where photos were forbidden. The woman, who said she was a representative for an earlier witness, was made to delete the photos from her phone by Cahill.
Hansen's testimony concluded an emotional day that saw several minor witnesses testify about what they saw on May 25, 2020, and how it has affected them.
Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill speaks to witness Genevieve Hansen, a fire department emergency medical technician (EMT) on the second day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, March 30, 2021 in a still image from video. (Pool via REUTERS)
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