probably because it was an attempted crime- or ‘possible attempted crime’ (Person with the bill might not have known it was fake- though i suspect floyd did know- but that’s just a personal opinion of mine based on the fact that he was a career criminal- and all around bad actor- hopped up on drugs- driving around high- didn’t seem like he was ‘trying to turn his life around’ as some claim to me)
I don’t know if clerks are required to call it in no matter the size of hte bill or not- might be required to
When I use to deal with cash transactions I was told to keep keep counterfeiter bills money and tell the person I had to report the bills, but I didn’t need to detain the person.
This is easier to do in a bank setting. In a store I might just give it back. I wouldn’t want to report a person for such a small amount because how could I know if the person passing the bill was even aware that it was counterfeit?