they tried to first, you will learn when you meet them, to intercede on what was happening with their voice. they tried to interject, to exhort, to please stop. just with their voices because something there was concerning to them. and when that didn t work you can see any number of them pulled out their cameras to document what was happening. such that it would be memorialized, such that it would not be misrepresented. such that it could not be forgotten. what we ll see this morning will be the footage taken from one of these bystanders in just a moment. and you will learn with respect to these bystanders that none of them knew who george floyd was. they didn t know his history or anything about him. they knew that they came upon an individual that they saw was in some serious distress under the knees of mr. chauvin and it alarmed them. let me show you what the scene looks like just briefly. here in minneapolis this take place at the intersection of chicago avenue and 38th s
going about their business, is that they saw something that was shocking to them, that was disturbing to them and it made them stop and take note. stop and take note. they tried to first, you will learn, when you meet them, to intercede with their voices. they tried to interject, to exhort, to try to get into good trouble with their voices, because something there was concerning to them. when that didn t work, you can see any number of them pulled out their cameras to document what was happening. such that it would be memorialized, such that it would not be misrepresented, such that it could not be forgotten. what we will see this morning will be the footage taken from one of the bystanders in just a moment. you will learn with respect to the bystanders that none of them knew who george floyd was. they didn t know his history. they didn t know anything about him. all think knew was they came upon an individual that they saw was in some serious distress under the knees of mr.