Posted on 03/31/2021 11:42:18 AM PDT by RandFan
A witness in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin said during testimony on Wednesday that he did not feel safe working at the nearby convenience store after witnessing the killing of George Floyd.
Christopher Martin, 19, was a cashier at Cup Foods when Floyd was killed on May 25. He had sold Floyd the cigarettes that Floyd was accused of buying with counterfeit money, which led to the police being called. Floyd later died outside the store after police arrested him, and Chauvin pinned him to the street by putting his knee on Floyd's neck.
Minnesota Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank asked Martin if he had continued to work at Cup Foods after May 25, to which Martin replied he had not.
"I didn't feel safe," Martin said.
Martin lived in an apartment above Cup Foods with his family and had worked at the store for a few months before Floyd's death.
During his testimony, Martin said he had spoken with Floyd when he came into the store, asking him if he had played baseball, noting Floyd’s size. Due to Floyd's somewhat delayed responses in their conversation, Martin said, he thought Floyd was under the influence of a substance.
Martin said he thought the bill that Floyd handed him was counterfeit due to the blue pigment of the cash. According to Martin, the store's policy made counterfeit money the responsibility of the cashier if they accepted it and the amount would be taken out of their paycheck.
However, Martin said under questioning from Chauvin's defense attorney that he did not think Floyd was aware that the bill was counterfeit, speculating that another individual who had come in before Floyd was "trying to scheme" with the fake cash. Martin said the other person had attempted to use the counterfeit money earlier, but he had rejected it.
When asked what he felt immediately after Floyd's death, Martin said he felt disbelief and guilt for having taken the $20 bill from Floyd.
“If I had not taken the bill, this could’ve been avoided,” he said.
And by the way the kid took that fake 20 because he was scared of him. He was a pretty big guy. I don’t know if it’s true or not but I heard floyd and the cop that put his knee on his neck both worked security at a strip club. They would mean the cop and Floyd knew each other. Haven’t heard it come out in trial yet.
No. The Left was going to have a riot-corpse last summer one way or the other.
It was part of the election plan.
“...so the cashier felt guilt for observing the law and company policy, talk about upside down.”
This is several steps beyond stupid. I suppose, then, that he would have felt OK about his employer being defrauded. Bet he would have felt somewhat less OK if that money came out of his paycheck.
The store should change its policy to simply allow shoplifting up to $25 per visit.
Hey Kid... none of this is remotely your fault.
“If I had not taken the bill, this could’ve been avoided,” he said.
If Floyd has not tried to pass a fake $20, this could have been avoided too.
Meanwhile I never heard any investigation about where the money came from or who printed it.
Maybe the kid can frame the bill and give his boss $20 out of his own pocket. And do that anytime some customer comes in with phony money.
>>Minnesota Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank asked Martin if he had continued to work at Cup Foods after May 25, to which Martin replied he had not.
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>>”I didn’t feel safe,” Martin said.
Threats from the “snitches get stiches” crowd?
Or worried about violent police? Or his boss?
>>Martin said the other person had attempted to use the counterfeit money earlier, but he had rejected it.
That’s a lot of funny money flowing around to see “2” bills from different customers in the same day.
>>“If I had not taken the bill, this could’ve been avoided,” he said.
Or he could’ve had his overdose at some other juncture maybe for a moving violation or other situation.
The exploitation of this event was something the Left was seeking with other cases earlier in 2020. Even if the Floyd case never got press or if George Floyd had not even had an encounter with police that day, some other mcguffin would’ve been the exuse for days of rage and rioting.
So, he’s afraid that the street people will kill him, and so he quit his job, and feels guilty that his legal and responsible action led to the cops being called on the man.
Obviously, the store has had issues with counterfeit money, which is why the dirt ball store manager made a policy that if an employee accepted a fake bill, they would have to pay for it.
The manager should be eternally grateful that when he sent two young employees out to Floyd’s car to get him to come back to the store to repay him, that they weren’t shot or stabbed to death.
damn near killed ‘um
“Threats from the “snitches get stitches” crowd?”
Given that neighborhood (I’ve been thru there a few times), I’d say that fear of losing his life was a major determining factor.
On a side note, I’m not even sure that Cup Foods ever re-opened after Floyd’s death. BLM and angry young white urban liberals have turned the areas into an autonomous zone (with barricades) where they police who goes in and out. The area, already with crime problems, has gotten significantly worse.
prospective jurors said that they would fear for their lives and safety if the evidence showed that George Floyd was not murdered by the officer.
Same excuse Justice Roberts used in refusing to address all of the voting irregularities that occurred in those 4 states. Unequal standards for ballots and changes to election law by judges not the legislature. Clear cases but Roberts was worried about Leftist violence.
>>3) Did he try to ingest the rest of his stash when he saw PD approaching his vehicle?
That was my guess.
This will get used to say give black criminals a pass so you don’t get them murdered by cops.
>> I don’t know if it’s true or not but I heard floyd and the cop that put his knee on his neck both worked security at a strip club.
It was in the news reports last year.
He was a bouncer or something and they worked security. Allegedly they were in different “locations” while on shift but it seems to me that if a drunk, touchy, angry, etc patron had to be tossed out they would have had an encounter. Also since the hired security “has your back” they probably at least said hi at some point and because familiar with who was who.
Did they recall each other that day last year or have any bad blood? Who knows? Certainly no one has gone public with such claims in all this time. I did recall seeing some conspiracy theory about some sort of fraud/operation concerning the club or maybe the counterfeit cash. Couldn’t recall where but I probably saw a link on this site.
We need a new Lady Justice statue with the scales of justice lopsided and a gun to her head held by the Left.
>>“If I had not taken the bill, this could’ve been avoided,” he said.
“let the Wookie win”
Was George Floyd the sort of a violent man you’d want to say “NO” to?
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