Ms Frazier s footage featured heavily during the trial, and she was also among several witnesses who testified under oath. When she saw the confrontation between Mr Floyd and the police officers, Ms Frazier told her young cousin to enter the store instead of staying outside with her. Prosecutors asked whether she did so because there was something she didn t want the girl to see. Yes. A man terrified, scared, begging for his life, Ms Frazier replied. It wasn t right. He was suffering. He was in pain. She grew emotional when she was asked to explain how the event had affected her life. Speaking through tears, Ms Frazier said she had stayed up at night multiple times apologising to Mr Floyd for not doing more to intervene.
 Ms Frazier s footage featured heavily during the trial, and she was also among several witnesses who testified under oath. When she saw the confrontation between Mr Floyd and the police officers, Ms Frazier told her young cousin to enter the store instead of staying outside with her. Prosecutors asked whether she did so because there was something she didn t want the girl to see. Yes. A man terrified, scared, begging for his life, Ms Frazier replied. It wasn t right. He was suffering. He was in pain. She grew emotional when she was asked to explain how the event had affected her life. Speaking through tears, Ms Frazier said she had stayed up at night multiple times apologising to Mr Floyd for not doing more to intervene.
After Derek Chauvin s Conviction, Read What Police First Said About George Floyd s Death
On 4/20/21 at 11:46 PM EDT
After Derek Chauvin s murder conviction, the original statement made by the Minneapolis Police Department on George Floyd s death makes for awkward reading.
Many activists believe Chauvin would never have been convicted if mobile phone video showing him kneeling on Floyd s neck had not emerged.
The Minneapolis police made no reference to the treatment of Floyd when they first described the incident in a statement issued on May 25.
Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Judge Peter A. Cahill read the verdict shortly after 5 p.m. Eastern time. Sentencing is expected to occur in eight weeks. Though Chauvin faces a maximum sentence of 75 years in prison, most experts expect him to be sentenced to a maximum of 40 years.