Eyewitness Explains Why He 'Called The Police On The Police' | MSNBC
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- Опубликовано: 29 мар 2021
- On day 2 of former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial, eyewitness on the scene Donald Williams says that he “called the police on the police,” because he believed he “witnessed a murder.” When asked why he didn’t speak to an officer on the scene he says he didn’t feel a connection of a “human being relationship.” Aired on 03/30/2021.
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Eyewitness Explains Why He 'Called The Police On The Police' | MSNBC
The fact that people have to call the police on the police is enough evidence of something being seriously wrong.
Also having the 911 operator, for the first time in her career, call their Sgnt to say the same as well.. It was obvious to ALL these people...
Yes i agree
The fact that police condone murderers in their midst, murderers of the people they are supposed to protect and defend is an outrage.
An off duty firefighter kept telling them to check Floyd's pulse even! This is so very sad.
@King David And just a reminder that Chauvin is a registered Republican, of course.
So sad seeing a murder and not being able to stop it.
I know. Just think if this wasn't filmed by anyone's cell phone. None of those cops would be in any trouble right now.
Nobody cares.
yes. He has to live with this for the rest of his life.
@@adamsilesia5753 Nobody cares about Cannon Hinnant or the 5 racist white cops killed in Dallas in 2016 by Micah Johnson.
@@adamsilesia5753 I support violent retaliation against racist white cops, I support riots and destroying properly.
Remembering that guy trying to reason with the cops, telling them that George had already died and they ignored him. Thinking about the frustration of that witness makes me cry.
@kanuk the hunter George Floyd died at the scene.
Lots of people die at the scene, of an assault or car crash, but are declared dead on arrival at a hospital.
@kanuk the hunter unresponsive for 2 minutes, pulse checked and none found. Continued to kneel on his neck. Can you provide a reason to continue restraining a handcuffed person with no pulse? A person who has not already been deprived of oxygen can die after four minutes of no oxygen. You really believe he died at the hospital? You disbelieve the medical examiners? Your bias and odd, desperate desire for this to not be the fault of the cop is causing you to make illogical statements and ignore reality. Think. Perhaps ask yourself why you want your version to be true.
@@cecilbrisley5185 You: I'm going to support people like MJ AND PRINCE who ended early b/c of fentanyl. But uhhhhh I need someone to hang!!! Like a white person
Also you: I'm not racist
@@cecilbrisley5185 A random worker is told to do a thing
You: ARREST THAT JERK
Normal Person: Why? He was just doing as he was told...
@@druujenkins3857 interesting how you avoid the issue. So are you going to answer the question about forcibly detaining a handcuffed person with no pulse? Or perhaps you are just going to throw in an example of another random black person who died of an over dose. Why do you keep using black people as your examples? Thought I was somehow being the racist one here. Curious if the medical examiners declared Prince or Michael Jackson to have died by asphyxiation as the medical examiners here did. Your inability to think with even an ounce of logic is humorous. Keep trying though, someday you have got to get a win!
If he would of physically intervened he would of either been dead or in jail and showed up for this court appearing in an Orange jump suite. He did everything that he could do.
That's a hard thing to live with. Thinking maybe you could of or should of done something more. You are right though, doing anything else would of just lead to him getting shot or going to prison and I doubt it would of saved George.
@@Mac-po1sr when I grow up I have always been told if you ever are in trouble call the police, they used to be called: Friend and Helper: Are they ? Today ?
You don't intervene in an arrest or someone being detained, moron.
@@yosammy1746 When your witnessing a homicide you speak up. Moron.
@@mastercontrolprogram163 Clearly you didn't even bother looking at the full body cam footage, moron.
Not only he was angry, everyone who witnessed a human being been MURDERED was angry, still angry !!!
🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱
@End The Matriarchy why dont you give your life savings to your master
Not angry enough to supposably be a hero and save a man's life. But than again you can't really save a over dose.
I wasn't angry
If you aren't angry and weren't angry then, you lack compassion and empathy.
"I spoke to them but we were not on a human being level." "No connection"
"No connection"! If I remove my knee, then I acknowledge that I did something wrong. No way will I give these people that satisfaction, so I will remain here, arrogantly disconnected.
There was no human being qualities on Chauvin. He just had an empty cold stare.
@@giulianacr2638 Right. He was totally aware of what he was doing and so calm with it. hate to say this but him clearly being a racist or really not liking George since they said they knew each other and had issues at a job they used to work at, Derek knew by him being a white cop and Derek being black, that he would either get off completely or serve less time than what he deserves. So all of that shows in his demeanor while he was intentionally Killing Floyd in frfont of the world to see. No emotions and no care in the world, super comfortable to do that in broad day light with witness filming it is complete assurance that you know the justice system has your back, But it will be a shock if he gets life bc we have seen how most cases like this go when the murderer is white killing a black person. Usually little to No justice. System is designed to protect whites more than blacks. More.
That’s the difference between an officer who knows their job is to serve a community and a cop who believes their sole purpose is “law enforcement”.
@@krystarlicious6980 yup. I see it’s a old white judge, too.
The 911 call "Calling the Police on the Police" broke me.
Watching a Black Man being Murdered and Call for His Mama!!! BROKE ME... To Each their Own!
I thought I'd misheard him the first time he said it. The second time chills ran though me.
Nobody cares.
@@sibarra4583 Thank you sharing your sentiment. I did a very pointed video on the Murder of George Floyd that received hundreds of views. I have removed it from RUclips but it's still available on Instagram. The world was moved by the murder of Mr. Floyd. I'm a Houstonian and the mood here was intensely painful.
Not saying that his death broke me doesn't mean it didn't. Perhaps if you sought to understand or ask why you'd have made a different response. I was broken because the content of the call recalled the trauma of seeing Mr. Floyd being murdered and calling for his mother. I empathized with the impassioned plea of one man for the life of another brother. His willingness to risk himself to call the police murderers was selfless & risky but he stood his ground. Lastly it reminded me of a trauma I experienced having called 911 to report witnessing someone shoot himself in the head and watching him die while powerless to change the situation.
Seek knowledge, understanding and learn how to use it to gain wisdom before you chastise others.
@@sibarra4583 I hear him at night calling for her, breaks my heart
😥😪
This witness, this good man, has the kind of courage we ALL need! God bless him and everyone he loves.
....yes
THIS MAN HAS A VERY GOOD HEART .HE TRIED HIS DAMNEST TO SAVE GEORGE . BUT IN THE END HE COULDN'T DO IT. THE MAN STARTED SOFT AND GENTAL. THEN HE STARTED BEGGING, THEN CHALLENGED THE MANHOOD OF THESE PUNKS. HE TOOK TO THE POINT WHEN 1 OF THEM PUT HANDS ON HIM. POINT BLANK, IF ANY ONE OF THESE GUYS ENCOUNTERED A MAN LIKE WITHOUT A BADGE THEY'D BE IN DEEP DO DO . AII AND ALL I'D SAY HE KEEP HIS COOL .THE DEFENSE IS ACTING LIKE THEY HAD 50 BYSTANDERS READY TO ATTACK THEM. IF THESE COPS ARE AFRAID OF AT THE MOST 30 CIVILIANS , WHILE CARRYING HIGH MAGAZINE CAPACITY 9 MM PISTOLS, THE PUNKS SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS WEARING POLICE UNIFORMS
@@danielharris9177 high capacity 9mm mags? Bro they dont have extendos i promise. 10-15 is not high capacity dummy
@@polincgoku6658 .....So what's your point?.....you punk!!!
@@danielharris9177 Exactly! Well Said!
Duh.... so why didn't you just walk up to the murderers and talk to them about it?
Yea, that's not an option. You can't just walk up to murderers and talk to them about it because they are wearing a badge. The reason they are killing is because they are wearing the badge.
Who watches the watchers?
A black man asking a cop to stop what he’s doing risks getting shot himself.
IKR He really keeps calm. Id lose it
R u kidding!!!
People were standing close to the cops while they were doing it and talking to the cops while they were doing it. They were pleading with the cops and screaming at them and yet the cops would not relent.
This was seen around the world and protest was spreading around the world over this and over the way the US was treating black people. The MAGA President called in troops against the protestors. He called the protestors, terrorists. Soon after that, his followers made insurrection against the American government, killing and causing the death of a number of people. He would not even call out the National Guard to curtail the storming of the US Capitol.
And he would not call those right wing militias, terrorists.
The City of DC and Mike Pence had to call in help over the President's deadish body. That's how the insurrection riot was stopped. After it was being brought to and end, He put out word for his people to go home. They obeyed him and left the Capitol and went to their various homes.
The Republicans in the Senate kept him from justice by refusing to carry out their sworn duty, siding with him against the American people--defying their solemn oats that they had made before the eyes of the Most High.
After this, they continued to declare before the world that they were, Christians.
@@samuelnelson9010 well stated 👏🏾 a demonized group of hypocrites in leadership has no conscious nor abide by their solemn oaths towards all people. Facts.
Juvenal
I can't imagine how hard it would be to hold it together under the pressure at the moment of the call, after seeing another Black man be murdered by the police, and then having to answer questions in court about it. A true patriot right here.
Hard to imagine a man who swallowed that much Fentanyl even lasted that long, but here we are.
@King David I'm not a racist I have seen the entire body cam footage. The same footage the jurors will see.
@@cjk9763 drug abuse does not come with the death penalty. Why do you defend needless death?
Drugs are bad um k
I'm walking on sunshine.
"Why didn't you just talk to them about it?"
Hmm. Talking to murderers about the murder. Never heard that one before. Maybe they should've tried that in Colorado. 🤷🏾♂️
Like asking why he didn’t want to be shot himself.
Well for the Atlanta shooter, they were able to determine the shootings were not racially motivated in a brilliant display of investigative police work, asking the shooter if he was racially motivated. Clearly, a person cannot be both a liar and a murderer, so race was not an issue. 🙄 Not even a hint of subterfuge there..
He didn't want to be next, simple as that.
Exactly.
This is why he asked the question, to expose how ridiculous it was. You can tell he was hoping the witness would say "because they were committing the crime", that's why he follows it up with a clarifying question. It's a good sign that the question sparks a strong response; it was supposed to.
That was really sad. I cannot imagine what it would be like to have those haunting images of a murder in ones mind.
We have seen the video.
Heartbreaking.
@@makeracistsafraidagain Make black Democrat racists with big hair afraid again.
@@adamsilesia5753
You are a moron
By the people we are supposed to trust and believe in 100% without question.
@Lem Lovel are you really that stupid? So we're not told over and over the cop are supposed to be trusted? That they are the ones here to help us? Unless your living underground you have heard this lie over and over throughout your life.
calling the Police for stopping the police from killing somebody sounds stupid and laughable at first but the more you give it thought it becomes quit horrifying and insane. arent we able to trust our Officers anymore who were tasked to keep us safe
quis custodiet ipsos custodes...
Most black folks throughout our country's history have never had the luxury of trusting the police 😰
Especially considering the police we know today started as the runaway slave patrol.
To protect, to serve and to lie if it supports the state.
They aren't there to keep you safe . They are there to enforce the law
Right that's why he kept saying that he called the police on the police
Damning! The witness even teared up listening to the recording of himself calling the police on the police!
Me too
He should talked to a lawyer to see if he can sue the police because that is a clear sign of PTSD. He will remember that for the rest of his life
This court case is cut and dry. The only hard part is that it's so public that there could be a loaded jury. I would sincerely hope that family members of police officers are expelled from the court and unable to act as jury members, but knowing what I know about the legal system even just in my state, I doubt that's the case.
@kanuk the hunter he was...it was heartbreaking.
This guy really held his own in the witness videos - he really was saying everything he could to get them to stop.
@kanuk the hunter lol how?
I know him his kid is on my high school football team. Great man
yes he did 👏
Defense lawyer claiming that George Floyd's death is due to preexisting conditions and not kneeling on the neck for over 9 minutes is like saying someone shoot you dead with a gun is not their fault, because it's your fault due to your body is vulnerable to bullets.
Nice analogy
And it Wasn't only his neck..It was also his ribs on his back..They murdered him..
It's not the same at all. And it does not completly absolve the officer if its accepted that he died from something other than the knee on his back and neck. Remember that Floyd was initially acting irrationally in his panic of being placed in the car, which supports the defense's claim that drugs were playing a part. Considering the medical examiner said there was no physical signs of not being able to breath, such as bruising or hemorrhaging, are other supporting evidence that the pinning was not the cause of death.
Regardless of what caused the death though, the officers had a duty of care to Floyd as soon as he was in custody. That duty included making sure he was physically ok, and rendering aid as necessary, including following policy of placing him in a recovery position and not kneeling on him in that manner, which is very dangerous. By failing in that city, especially when reminded by witnesses and the rookie officer, it shows a willful negligence, which will get him a murder conviction.
@@ezcoach5733 "Floyd was initially acting irrationally in his panic of being placed in the car". How would you react if you were treated like that for a 20 $ bill you didn't even know was forged? Besides, it is only alleged forged. Was it eventually found forged ? Could anyone provide the information? Floyd may have died on false charges.
@@sergio4740 You should get some more info on the events, and education on the legal system. Floyd was arrested initially, and was cooperative. It was only as he was being placed in the car that he started to freak out. And not just a panic, but irrational. That was why the officers, on their body cam, were talking about him appearing to be in Excited Delerium. *side note: Excited Delerium is a medical emergency, and their actions of putting him on his belly and pinning him were not at all consistent with training on detaining a person exhibiting that behaviour.**
As for the arrest on the forged bill, it doesn't matter if it ended up being forged or not, or his knowledge of it or not. An arrest is not made when you have proof beyond reasonable doubt. That is only a conviction. An arrest can be made when an officer has probable cause that an offence occurred. To quantify that, it's more than a hunch, but less than a balance of probabilities (ie less than 50% sure). The arrest can be made to gather evidence and ensure the subject is identified prior to release, and can be held for a time as the officer continues to investigate. In this case, the store called about a forged bill, they are shown how to detect forgeries. They tell the officer what happened and that Floyd was the one who presented the bill. The bill can be seen and examined to see if it appears forged. Since it did, they can arrest him so they can search for more bills. They can take him to their car or station to identify him and issue court documents. If he requested a lawyer, they can take him to the station where he can have a private phone call to speak to his lawyer. There are several reasons why the arrest was lawful. At the very least, they would not carry release documents on their person and would need to take Floyd back to their car to gather his ID and issue release documents, which would require securing him in the car.
As for what I would do if arrested, I'd be upset, but I would cooperate. It can be settled in court. I'm certainly not going to wait until I'm handcuffed, then walked all the way back to the car, then freak out because I dont want to sit in the car. The vast majority of people arrested do this. But his actions were irrational once at the car. Which supports the ME's findings that he had fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system. Both can cause a psychotic break at any time.
His reaction to his own 911 call was very telling. Witnessing a murder by a police officer and not being able to do anything about it, you call another police officer because you feel completely hopeless. He had to re-live through this traumatic event by listening to his own 911 call and couldn’t hold back his tears. My eyes got watery watching him wiping his tears so i can’t even imagine what this was like for him during his testimony.
Watch his eyes- he has ptsd am so sad for him
Never have I been so infuriated sitting helplessly in front of my TV watching the murder of George. I know George made a lot of poor choices and terrible mistakes in his life, but no one, and I mean no one deserves to be put down like a junkyard dog. Hopefully the jury does the right thing and convict him (Derek) of second degree murder and every other cop present should be convicted of aiding and abetting that murder. Justice needs to be served
Even stray dogs may just be shot if rabid. Not strangled to death.
Let's be realistic about this.he took pleaded guilty 1st .going to take a plea deal William Barr stepped in and told him not to. Don't be surprised!
@@jmorris4374 I know, but we can always hope. The entire American justice system is on trial on this one.
Why second degree murder. ??? I live in Northen Scandinavia. We have seen this on news an Tv many times. Of course it was a murder, as much as can be. Floyd told many times, " I can not breath", and the police just hold his knee at the same place, until he died , Second degree I belive one must say about those other police- who stod near and did nothing to stop it. I know for sure, that had been what the judge had been in my country, This is terribly, and give an awful picture of America..
We have the Constitution for precisely this reason.
If this rotten excuse for a human being gets found not guilty, I have no faith in the justice system. This was clearly murder, we all watched in horror his execution, I don't care what the man did he did not deserve that.
If he walks imagine what's gonna follow in the streets everywhere....we think the protest and riots were bad.. 👀
There’s no good outcome.
Given what he was witnessing, and that he was also black, I consider this witness's calm and rational response at the scene of a murder to be remarkable.
Most likely he had seen this type of thing before. Not the same exact actions but the death and/or crime of violence. Considering the neighborhood, it is a high probability he has witnessed things similar. New video shows the officer actually had his knee on his shoulder blade but the angle everyone gets to see in the media makes it look like it was on his neck. Even the prosecution has changed from knee on neck to knee on back. Not to take anything away from this but he had three and a half times the level of overdose fentanyl in his blood. That restricts breathing. Before being takin to the ground he was saying he was dying and couldn't breath. Then he was kicking the officers. So far I do not see murder. I could see manslaughter or indifference to human life. Still much to sift through but the officer does have responsibility here.
This is so re-traumatizing for me. I cannot imagine what this is like for George Floyd's family. Dear God.
awwwww, please don't watch the coverage... Please take care of yourself!!
You can watch the life after death interview with George Floyd a psychic medium channels George and tells her everything that happened to him the day he died in great detail the video is called channeling Eric.
Just remember what his little girl said to Joe Biden. She told him her Daddy had changed the world 🌎
Nothing can replace him but the family got $25 million
It's part of how our injustice systems work and we can't do anything about it any more than those witnesses that watched George get murdered. It shouldn't be happening. Chauvin should already be gone too. That would be justice.
The whole situation makes one sad, terrified and angry. Justice must be served.
No body cares about you.
@@adamsilesia5753 just as SOME don't care about police being shot dead or Cannon Hinnant being shot dead.
@@adamsilesia5753 as 0
@@adamsilesia5753 and nobody cares about fascists defending a murderer
Why is Derek acting like is writing something important he should be in cuffs
I know?!!!! I've watched very carefully his hand motions and sometimes he is just making random marks. it would be funny if it wasn't sickening. I hope someone with the skills analyzes all the meaningless scribblings he is making. What a ridiculous show. But I'm sure it is fooling some people who see him writing "important things" as a sign that he is a serious and responsible human. At one point I saw him randomly make a "check mark" mid-whatever and he keeps doing random punctuation as if he is some demented scribe. Oh wow.
ohhhhhh you hit it on the head! for days acting like he writing ish.. I'm sick of even seeing his a** on this screen.
No defendant wears cuffs during their trials. As soon as the jury leaves, they usually handcuff them.
Derek exudes an air of arrogance, sitting there writing, frowning, holding his head high. If he were smart, he'd show some humility/remorse in his demeanor. Really irritating to watch. 👎
Lawyers tell their clients to "take notes" during the trial so the Jurors have more difficulty reading their faces and emotions.
(I'm not taking sides, just offering an explanation.)
This witness is noble, he had to call the police for the police.
@River Paz A snitch is someone who tells authorities that a friend or college is doing something bad.
Telling the police that the police is doing something bad would only be snitching if the witness himself was part of the police team.
The noble comes therefore more from the simple fact that it needs courage to call authority on authority, because live learns you from the moment you are being a child, that authorities almost every time help each other rather then held each other accountable.
This starts with parents who believe other parents over the children, to teacher and schoolboard believing each other over student to in this case police believing police officer over some citizen.
I hope this could clear why this can be seen as noble.
@River Paz single digit iq stfu
@River Paz Again, people from school and the street or any place with some kind of honor codex can explain that to snitch only counts if you are part of that said group. In this case, the police or family of Floyd and so on.
A witness is not the same as a snitch, for the witness not being part of the groups in question.
Otherwise everyone would be a snitch by default who calls the police.
Snitching is most of the time seen as an act of betray. Which would not fit to the relationship between police officer and random citizen. A stranger can't betray you if he met you at this point for the first time etc.
@River Paz I doubt that. Especially in the case that your definition does not preclude my definition, or vis versa.
But well, you asked for clarification and I delivered. If you are not happy about it, that is okay and you can accept it or not.
I just wanted to educate someone who has clearly no experience with slang from the "street culture" if you want to call it like this.
Have a nice.
@@rayhiros That's not noble. Noble is calling the police for crimes regardless of who it is. The snitch culture covers anyone in the hood that talks to police. Whether they know the people or not personally. Noble is calling the police when there is a crime even when you may be afraid of retaliation, helping to keep your good neighbors safe, etc., not looking the other way because you are afraid. But then calling the police on the police because you know there will be no push back isn't noble. He just wanted to speak his mind about the situation and I see nothing wrong with that from his perspective.
My heart felt every second of that 911 phone. I not only Salute my brother but my prayers are with him. It had to be hard to witness that.
Derrick Chauvin traumatized the entire world with his actions.
Yes!!
Not me..
@@TheCommentSpy769 why not
@@ynotrelyt because he has Klan blood in him
Facts
LORD HAVE MERCY.. u did well kid, proud of you for standing up for Floyd. God bless you for the GOOD you have done.
This man is a hero. He could not stop it but he tried to help the situation and may help to bring justice to George Floyd and his family.
My Mexican friends told me about this when it happened and their whole family were crying telling me I needed to watch the video. It took me two weeks to watch it. I knew it was gonna be bad. I cried the whole time. You my brother have my utmost respect. God bless you, the Floyd family, and the rest of us human beings. 😭
The Mexicans can relate because they’re big on family. George Floyd was crying for his mom.
God bless you 🙏
My heart aches seeing him cry, knowing that he is reliving that moment... We know right from wrong and claiming that a victim somehow deserves it because he was a drug addict is not an excuse. Chauvin was not justified in his actions no matter the outcome of this trial.
What about the rest of them
@@Sig2423 what about them? This trial is about Chauvin’s actions, so I’m not sure who “the rest of them” are or what point you are making.
Then you're a sucker for croccodile tears because that all he had to offer here.
Mr. Williams is an incredible witness. I feel for he and the young woman from yesterday. And the dispatch operator's testimony was so compelling. If there's no conviction in this case I give up on our country... hope the jury gets this one right.
Don’t hold your breath
They got him
Wow that was hard to listen to, tears are actually coming down my eyes as I type. Those murderer's would've showed more compassion to a rabid dog .
Mr. Williams was so steady and concise. He is an impressive gentleman and hope his testimony helps with a conviction.
we have trials for a reason. People are supposed to make their mind up AFTER they have heard all the evidence. Thank God you aren't on the jury.
That 911 operator handled that well. She didn't give him any pushback, but acted on what he said.
No she didn’t she ran interference and sent him to a voicemail
Always call the cops on the cops when you see them committing murder. And hope the cops get there in time to save the person's life. Also call 911 for the ambulance. Maybe the ambulance can get there in time to save the person's life. Don't expect the cops to get an ambulance there before they have completed what they are doing.
That hurt to hear, it was really sad and I watched the video after it was posted with tears and nausea so I can not imagine how this man felt actually being there.
I watched it in total disbelief. It was surreal watching a man die. I kept hollering “Get up off his neck! You’re killing him!” Total frustration hearing him gagging. Then to see his limp body being picked up. I just turned and looked at my husband and cried, still in disbelief at what I had just seen.
The witness is obviously traumatized...he needs a therapist and a lawyer..
why does he need a lawyer?
*Trumps's Law & Order America* - where lawyers need lawyers and you have to call the police on the police.
😂😂😂😂😂
So all the black people that died while Obama was in charge... was that ok then?
He didn't go talk to them about it because he didn't want to be next.
Who *polices* the Police?
In a democracy the people.
In a dictatorship no 1
We the people do or should
@@shadowsamurai4074 In reality, themselves
We all saw what we saw!!!!! Now all the more damming witnesses statements!!!!
Heart aching...Prayers to all involved for all the pain of this event. May they rind strength and peace. So unbelievable to have a mass of helpless bystanders witness an out in the open, broad daylight, murder of a restrained and complying victim of great injustice.
The play back of the 911 call, brought tears to my eyes.
I can imagine he’s thinking, “at any point at some random point in time that can be me.” Bearing witness to the collective utter sense of powerlessness we all feel when confronted with the demonstrated strength of authority the police have in this system we live in. It could be your kid or your father and our collective indoctrination has crippled us to where it controls and compels us to do naught but whimper, wring our hands, and wail out loud...but NOT to physically intervene, even when an especially cruel cold deliberate murder is done before our eyes. Not on pain of death do we intervene.
This does more than demonstrate the evil that is given sanction by our system. This demonstrates how we too are broken, and in our own way complicit in it.
We are even waiting for our betters that rule us to affirm that this was indeed murder, just so we have authoritative confirmation that what we believe is valid.
We’ve lost our souls somewhere along the way. Slim hope we’ll ever get it back if this cage we live in isn’t torn down and cast into the abyss. Alas, all we fools do is talk about how to repair it.. the result of which will only make it a stronger cage.
If he is found not guilty this country is going to burn to the ground.
As it should
We need to believe in our court system,,,,or we don’t have a country......the media is not the law
That is a good young man. Bless him and keep him safe.
Calling the Police on the Police.
Welcome to the USA.
Call the police after witnessing them murder a civilian and the police don't do anything until the video comes out and they have to. Yep. Welcome to America.
@@andrew_owens7680 and that folks is Trumps 'Merica
You had a cop testify that George Floyd was NOT resisting arrest.......Damning testimony.
"I Called The Police
On The Police" Hello 911 The police is murdering George Floyd!!
OK just hold on and we'll do nothing at all about that. By the way we'll be coming to arrest you for interfering in a state-sanctioned murder.
/s
@@g00gleminus96 😲
@@g00gleminus96
That's not what happened.
Not what's happening now!
@Noir Path we know now they [white supremacist] are everywhere and in every profession.
@@g00gleminus96 no doubt
He was so brave and I can understand his frustration! Being there and not able to do anything and watch someone die!
The safest place for Chauvin is jail.
Not even, the public population is waiting for him, the safest place for him will be confinement.
I was thinking the grave - but general population is cool too
Y not just talk to the police there? Ahh because there the ones committing and standing by while the murder happens
They also were intimidating the bystanders and not listening to their pleas at all. A total 'Us & Them' situation, no time taken to be human beings, their only thought was to impose their will, and as they demonstrated to the entire world, the repercussions of that could come in the form of you being executed in broad daylight
It deeply troubles my soul the way they tryna paint this man as “angry”, it disgusting what they are doing and they know EXACTLY what they are doing.
Wow that call was very Sad
Brother I respect you...This call was very smart. They tried to demean you, the firefighters and paramedics.
Halfway through when that police officer took his pulse and said there was no pulse you would think that they would have took the handcuffs off right away turn him over and gave him CPR .,but in this case not a chance .
SICK. Those cops were SICK. And people had to just watch... There is no valid defense.
So now you're telling me, a human being is not supposed to be angry watching a police officer murdering another human? Especially knowing you you can kick their azz.
People have lost their dang minds!!!
Can’t see how this cop should get away with murder. Floyd was detained and no longer a threat. He should have at least been raised to his knees. I hope this cop rots in prison, and the others an accessory to murder conviction.
If he was cuffed and wearing leg restraints there was no need to even TOUCHING his neck...PERIOD
“Why didn’t U just ask the police there” if you see a doctor killing his patient, your not gonna expect that same doctor to save the patients what type of question was that. Terrible defense.
It not easy seeing murder, in front of own eyes, Omg
I cant stand to see that murderer sitting there taking notes.
Agreed
Thank you CBSN MINNESOTA for broadcasting this trial! Thank you Mr. Williams for being your excellent self.
Ikr?! This man is a hero in my 👀
I'm glad you called the police ,filmed and narrated as the scene went on....So glad you were there!!!RIP George Floyd 🙏
Such a comprehensively broken society.
We now need protection from those who "protect" us.
The worst part is how few of these murderous cops take actual responsibility for their inherent deviance. It's never their fault.
The trauma of feeling Rage, Sadness, Helplessness, Despair, Urgency, Restlessness as you watch a murder happen within a few steps from you. The never-ending idea of wondering what you could do differently, or if you could've done more, even to the point of arrest, just to trade if this man could still be alive. Imagine feeling that way until you meet your end.
Each member if Floyd's family gets 9 minutes on Chauvin's neck... While he's handcuffed... and 2 other family members are on his back and his legs... waiting their turn... smiling... while I video tape... I'm jus' sayin'
That's way too harsh. They should surgically change him into a black man for life and let him see what it's like. That'd be justice.
Won't bring him.back but it's a start
@@andrew_owens7680 100%
Jus' sayin' love it
@@andrew_owens7680 Right! This is the best punishment by far! Love it
That 911 call was heartbreaking and sickening at the same time. The witness was truthful, trustworthy, believable. When he spoke of "no human connection," I was stunned by his truth. My God.
I've called the police on the police when I felt unsafe during a traffic stop and the responding officers fortunately were somewhat helpful. Was a scary night.
Tell that truth and shame that devil
I tried calling the police on the police, they wouldn't let me.
Our eyes all saw the murder in painful real time. It will only be unreal if that officer is not convicted of murder, for the love of God.
This man is being made to feel he's on trial. He's only a witness. Normal citizens don't understand the law and how it is applied. This is why we're usually manipulated by these questions. Sometimes it's not about the truth...it's about lawyers winning a case. The prosecutor has to be smarter and get a conviction if the law has been broken.
Unfortunately you’re so very right!!
It's just EVIL EVIL EVIL!!! My God what is wrong with some people in this world??? And these attorneys/judge don't seem to even have an ounce of empathy or compassion!!
If they have taking him down with an handcuff, why do you have to press on his neck?
It was murder. No doubt whatsoever, so why is the defense lying about it?
Well just because you say it’s murder.....we should not believe the autopsy....oh ok. Sure
They have to defend the indefensible. They will do or say anything to sew doubt into the jury.
@@dan_hitchman007 Fact is that if he was White, he'd be alive and with his family today.
@@Cool12354 It's not what I say, it's what the experts say.
Oh, and the $27,000,000.00 settlement says something too....
Appears to me Mr. Martin you’re racist. Against white people
Who else read 1984 when they were in high school? Who else recalls that in that book, people would shout the word "Police!" to warn other citizens that the police were on their way. Not in any effort to get "help" from the police.
Gratitude and Respect for this young man. In such a horrendous situation.......
Chauvin face said look at me I have the power of life and death and today I choose death.
Put derek chauvin's in Prison for a long time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Life.
A long time, er no a lifetime
That made me cry, Im so sorry for this witness. Im traumatised and Im not even in the same country
I feel bad for this guy. He is going to live the rest of his life wondering if he could have stopped it.
It must feel terrible to have to carry that around...I know I would always have regret. It was 4 armed ‘police officers’ on the scene though, not just the one...he might have been killed too if he tried to break up the murder.
If he had interfered, he would have been subdued and arrested by the other 3 officers present.
Except from physically stepping in, he did actually everything he could! And would he have tried to physically interfere, he could have ended dead, too. Nothing else he really could have done.
If he had tried (or anyone witnessing this murder) he would probably be dead too. The police were threatening the people to stay back... or else.
@@dan_hitchman007 I agree.
Why did he have his knee on his neck for 9 minutes, what were they waiting for? They didn't need an ambulance until he was dead so like why was he even on the ground for that long?
Great question 🤔
*Wow, this is incredible BUT NOT surprising.*
Look at the look of the officer when he was hearing the recording of the 911 call. No remorse
Why are they questioning him as if he's wrong for calling police
it looks like chauvin has been there before notice he is taking notes
That was a very courageous thing he did, and very smart! Hold the police accountable for excessive force!
It’s doubtful, there never held accountable for anything. That’s why things like this keep happening.
Thank you sir. You're a hero
My heart goes out to these witnesses. All are heroes to me. This took courage and strength which to me is absolutely phenomenal especially the 9 year old baby. God bless you all.
God bless you man. You are human and we all should be saluting you for that. Am frustrated about the time it takes for those calls to be responded to when a supervisor needs to be involved and all the protocols while a human being is just dying. So saddd!
Why is Chauving taking all those notes? what is he going to do with them? his notes are irrelevant.
Probably taking notes so he can write a book later and get rich off his story...
This guy was one of the biggest heroes. Thank you sir
Breaks my heart bc this man sounds just like my dad💔
I could see the trauma this has caused by what he witnessed, and I too feel tears coming when I watched him wipe his tears. He is trying to stay strong, but what a horrible thing to witness. My heart is breaking.
I was crying too. That man was brave.
How dare Chauvin say he was intimidated by the crowd. He had all the power, weapons, other police standing by, what a sick defense. The other cops standing by allowing this to happen are just as culpable.
choke holds is martial arts last for 5 or ten seconds!! then the fighter is checked out by medical professionals. the defense trying to draw equivalence here is heinous.
What a special man he is. God bless you brother. We need millions of you in our society....too emotional to watch 😥.
He has to relive this over and over. I hope he has a good support system.