darnella frazier said that george floyd knew that he was dying. >> it seemed like he knew. it seemed like he knew it was over for him. he was terrified. he was suffering. this was a cry for help. it wasn't right. we all know it wasn't right. >> everyone in that courtroom today knew that it wasn't right. the question before the jury now is, was it murder? joining our discussion now is melissa murray, a law professor at new york university. she is a former law clerk to judge sonia sotomayor. she is also an msnbc contributor. also head of the advancement project, judith browne dianis. melissa, i want to give you an open field for your reaction to today's testimony. >> it was another visceral day of testimony. yesterday the prosecution created a skeleton using the video from that fateful day. today they began layering flesh onto that skeleton who watched the action between george floyd and officer chauvin. it was incredibly powerful testimony. we heard another witness say they were so distressed and disturbed by what they were witnessing that they felt compelled to call the pol

darnella frazier was 17 then. you can see her here, walking to the corner store with her 9-year-old cousin. the judge allowing her to testify offcamera as she described how she saw what was happening and ushered the child into that store. >> was there anything about the scene that you didn't want your cousin to see? >> yes. >> and what was that? >> a man terrified, scared, begging for his life. >> reporter: frazier, seen here, standing by the wall recording as now former police officer derek chauvin pinned floyd down with a knee on his neck. >> i heard george floyd saying, "i can't breathe, please get off of me. i can't breathe." he -- he cried for his mom. he was in pain. it seemed like he knew -- it seemed like he knew it was over for him. >> reporter: the experience forever seared into her memory. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at -- i look at my dad. i look at my brothers, i look at my cousins, my uncles because they're all black. i look at how that could have been one of them. it's been nights, i stay

. >> let me tell you a little more of darnella frazier, the witness who took the video. she was 17 at the time. she was walking her 9-year-old cousin to cup foods and described bystanders who defense claimed were threatening. >> did you see any of the bystanders you would describe as unruly? >> no. >> is it fair to say they were a mob? >> no. >> did you see any of them make an effort to actually offer care for mr. floyd? >> physically? >> yes. >> i seen -- i heard them say get off of him, you are hurting him, he can't breathe, he's not moving. but any time someone tried to get close they were defensive so we couldn't get close. >> let's stick with what you heard. the bystanders were saying things to mr. chauvin? >> yes. >> what things did you hear were being said to mr. chauvin by the bystanders? >> you are hurting him. are you enjoying this? he can't breathe. he's not moving, his nose is bleeding. you are a bum. >> melissa, those are very specific testimonies. she has the video. she knows what she saw, what she was taping on the video and she explained also why she took

as we've seen in court, it's not just darnella frazier's video that has been presented. it's several people filmed different levels of footage of george floyd's interaction with police that day. and so it plays throughout the hours every day in court. >> and joyce, important point that should be said. because of the agony that that video can trigger, because we know that anyone who wishes to see it, of course, can. this news organization and others are severely limiting how much we air it. look at what it sparked around the world and around our country. the big question for you, joyce, given your courtroom appearance and your view of this case, does the defense call former officer chauvin? >> it's always risky to have a defendant testify. of course the defendant is cloaked in the presumption of innocence. he has no obligation to establish his innocence. it's up to the government to prove his guilt. so you come to a point in every trial where the defense has to decide whether they're going to put their client on the witness stand. typically they don't let them testify in

darnella frazier was 17 when she recorded it and i went viral. here is part of her emotional testimony today. >> i heard george floyd saying i can't breathe. please get off of me. i can't breathe. he cried for his mom. he was in pain. it seemed like he knew it was over for him. he was terrified. this was a cry for help. when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles because they are all black. i have a black father. i have a black brother. i have black friends. i look at that and i look at how that could have been one of them. >> it didn't appear that any of today's testimony moved chauvin who was in the courtroom. witness after witness broke down on the stand wishing they had been able to do more for george floyd. >> it was difficult because i felt like there wasn't really anything i could do as a bystander. the highest power was there. i felt like i was feeling it. >> genevieve hansen was on the scene and testified she pleaded to let her help mr. floyd but was pushed away by one of the poli

>> reporter: the prosecution's next witness: 18-year-old darnella frazier. she was 17 when she shot this now-infamous cell phone video. and she was among four witnesses today whose faces were not shown on camera because they were minors at the time of floyd's death. >> it wasn't right. he was... he was suffering. he was... in pain. >> reporter: prosecutor jerry blackwell asked frazier how this has impacted her life. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at-- i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles, because they are all black. it's been nights i stayed up apologizing... and... apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. >> reporter: frazier's nine- year-old cousin judeah also testifying about what she saw. >> how did that affect you? >> i was sad and kind of mad. >> reporter: and late today, testimony from minneapolis firefighter and eyewitness genevieve hansen, trained to save lives, but she says prevented from doing so by the officers. >> were you frustrated? >> yes. >> reporter: at one point, more than half of the juro

darnella frazier was 17 on the day george floyd died. she was there. is the person who filmed the best known video of officer derek chauvin kneeling on george floyd's neck for more than nine minutes until he died. today the prosecutor in the case asked her about her decision to start recording what she was witnessing. >> what did you do when you first got there and we see where you are standing. what did you do? >> i pulled out my phone. >> and what were you doing in pulling out your phone? >> recording, capturing what i was seeing. >> and that we have already admitted into evidence in this case the video which you had done, which is our exhibit 15 in evidence. so tell the jury what you observed, what you heard when you stopped to look at what was happening there at the scene. >> i heard george floyd saying, i can't breathe, please get off of me, i can't breathe. he cried for his mom. he was in pain. it seemed like he knew. it seemed like he knew it was over for him. he was terrified. he was suffering. in was a cry for help. definitely. >> later in the

her name is darnella frazier, known in court filings as d.f. she just turned 18, not shown on sca camera during her testimony today. i want you to hear how she feels now, apologizing to george floyd for not being able to save his life. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at -- i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles, because they're all black. i have a black father. i have a black brother. i have black friends. and i look at that and i look at how that could have been one of them. every night i stayed up apologizing to him and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not able to be interacting and not save his life. it's not what i should have done. it's what he should have done. >> listen, that was compelling. i know the defense knows it and you know the prosecution knows it. that was compelling testimony. the courage that it must have taken for a teenager to take that video, to take the stand in court today. she testified that she was on her way to cup foods for snacks with her young cousin, a 9-y

we have been listening to darnella frazier. for the record we have been given permission to use first and last names. these witnesses are not being identified by their face. darnella turned 18 last week. the prosecutor and former chief public defender are here. mary, let me start with you. we heard darnella get emotional describing what she saw and heard, recalling the fact that she let her cousin inside the shop out of fear initially of what she was going to see go down. what do we make of her testimony so far, mary? >> i think it's quite good. there are some facts we didn't know about. the cousin wearing the green shirt that said love, that she escorted her into cup foods because she didn't want her to witness what was happening to george floyd. she was tearful describing what she saw george floyd saying. there has been a lot of testimony where the state has tried to bring out that the bystanders were not threatening. they were yelling out trying to get help. the defense is trying to argue that the bystanders were acting in a

and it alarmed them. >> and darnella frazier's video of what they saw alarmed the world. darnellla frazier's video provoked protests against what happened to george floyd, not just in minneapolis, and protests not just across the united states. but protests around the world. house speaker nancy pelosi passed through the house of representatives this month a bill that she titled the george floyd justice in policing act. that bill bans the use of all neck restraints, including the restraint used by derek chauvin in the murder of george floyd. it also bans use of no-knock warrants in drug cases like the warrant used in the police killing of breonna taylor in louisville, kentucky, where police raided her home just after midnight when she and her boyfriend were asleep. that's where she was killed, in her home. the bill also restricts the use of the qualified immunity, which protects police officers from police brutality lawsuits and wrongful death lawsuits. last week, the new york city council passed a bill that the mayor has said he will sign. that eliminates the protection of

williams is heard on darnella frazier's video shouting at chauvin. >> you called him a tough guy? >> you called him a bum at least 13 times? >> that's what you counted in the video? >> that's what i counted. >> then that's what you got, 13. >> and that was early on, right? those terms grew more and more angry, would you agree with that? >> they grew more and more pleading for life. >> so, again, sir, it's fair to say that you grew angrier and angrier? >> no. i grew professional and professional and i stayed in my body. you can't paint me out to be angry. >> alcindor: the day also included testimony from other witnesses, including a minneapolis firefighter who was at the scene. for the pbs newshour, i'm yamiche alcindor. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the united states officially passed 550,000 deaths in the pandemic. that's out of more than 30 million confirmed cases. and, the world health organization formally reported that covid-19, likely spread from animals, and not from a chinese laboratory. the lead investigator said all sides tried to influence the report, but to no

darnella frazier, just 17 when she shot that video of floyd's death, telling jurors she stays up at night apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. the 9-year-old who witnessed it all and the moment derek chauvin took off his mask in court today so she could identify him. and late today, the woman firefighter who told jurors she begged officers to take george floyd's pulse. cross examined by the defense just before we came on the air tonight. >>> the alarming surge in covid cases in more than half the country tonight, sparking real fears of a potential fourth wave

on tuesday, jurors heard chilling testimony from eyewitnesses, including darnella frazier, who was just 17 years old when she used her cell phone to film the killing of george floyd. her image was not broadcast on the court television feed because she was a minor at the time of his death. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad, my brothers, my cousins, uncles, because they are all black. i have a black father, brother, friends. and i look at that and look at how that could have been one of them. there have been nights i stayed up apologizing, apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not interacting, not saving his life. like, it is not what i should have done, it was what he should have done. amy: now 18-year-old darnella frazier testifying at the trial of derek chauvin, who she says should have saved george floyd's life. mixed martial artist donald williams, who also witnessed floyd's death, told prosecutor matthew frank he called 911 after seeing chauvin put floyd in what williams had earlier called a "blood choke." >> at some point, did you make a 911 call? >> cor

. >> reporter: darnella frazier, now 18, shot the cell phone video that ricocheted across the world because she said what was happening to floyd wasn't right >> seemed like he knew it was over for him. >> reporter: if not for that video, george floyd likely wouldn't be a household name. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at -- i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles because they are all black. i look at how that could have been one of them it's been nights i've stayed up apologizing to george floyd for not doing more >> reporter: late today, a minneapolis firefighter testified she was stopped from giving medical assistance to floyd when she first arrived at the scene >> when you couldn't do that, how did that make you feel? >> totally distressed. >> were you frustrated >> yes >> reporter: the defense has suggested that this was a heavy crowd of bystanders, but the prosecution argues it was small group of people going about their daily lives thrust into a traumatic situation. >> understandable, that amount of emotion there. gabe, thank you. >>> just break

darnella frazier's testimony was given off camera because of her age. >> i stayed up apologizing and -- and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. >> reporter: during cross-examination, defense attorney eric nelson portrayed the witnesses as part of an increasingly hostile crowd. that made it difficult for officers to concentrate on their job. >> it's fair to say that as you were there, you grew angrier. >> correct. you can't blame me i was angry. i was in a position where i had to be controlled. >> reporter: chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted of the most serious charge against him. so at some point we'll also hear from medical experts. the prosecution will call them to the stand. they are expected to testify as to why they feel as though chauvin's restraint is what led to george floyd's death. anne-marie? >> skyler henry in minneapolis. thank you so much. >>> republican congressman matt gaetz is reportedly under investigation over a possible sexual relationship with a minor. "the new york times" first reported that the justice department is investigating wh

. >> darnella frazier was 17 years old when she saw derek chauvin kneeling on george floyd's neck. >> heard george floyd saying "i can't breathe, please, get off of me ". he can't breathe. he cried for his mom. he was in pain. >> she recorded the nearly ten-minute video of floyd's death. >> it's been nights i stayed up apologizing, and -- and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting and not saving his life. >> darnella's 9-year-old cousin judea reynolds was there the same day and saw the same scene. >> i was sad and kind of mad and it was like he was stopping his breathes and it was kind of hurting him. >> how hard is it to have a teenager and a 9-year-old take the stand? >> extremely difficult because jurors are human beings. >> criminal defense attorney joe tamborino is not affiliated with the case. >> no one that has any heart wants to see a child in trauma or wants to see a child re-live trauma. how on the defense side can you cross examine? >> the defense did not press a young witness and central to the case is the claim that officers perceive

her cousin was darnella frazier who recorded the video that rippled across the world and started thatdarnella, you heard that testimony there where she said she apologizes at night to george floyd because she felt like she couldn't do more. and that feeling of helplessness is one that was a common theme throughout all the witnesses yesterday, not only the four minors that we heard from, but two witnesses, one donald williams. he was one who went fishing earlier in the day. he was going to that corner store to get a soda and heard the screams. heard what was going on. went over and he was one of the more vocal witnesses, one of the more vocal bystanders in the video who said get off of him. he's not moving. he's unresponsive. he had mma experience, he called himself a martial artist. at one point he said wrestling was his life. he saw that move that derek chauvin was using and he believed that was a blood choke intentionally being used to take the consciousness out of george floyd. he felt like he wanted to do more but was being pushed back by the officers. there was also that emt, tha

included in that darnella frazier who shot that infamous cell phone video that sparked this entire story and her 9-year-old cousin. when we get back later this morning with genevieve, it will be the cross examination portion of this. after that, we don't know which witnesses will come to the stand. the court has withheld that for security reasons. we can imagine that if it is in that same line of eyewitness testimony, it likely will be just as emotional and potentially just as contentious, though the judge has seemed to try to tamp down on the ladder to try to keep things as professional and smooth as possible. >> seems to be part of the defense strategy, omar jimenez in minneapolis, thanks very much. >> there's big news and good news in the push to vaccinate america. pfizer now says its vaccine is 100% effective in childrens ages 12 to 15. clinical trials revealing young people have a much better immune response to the vaccination than adults do. cnn national correspondent kristen holmes with the details. these numbers are huge. 100% efficacy is off the charts to some degree. we should

. >> that was darnella frazier.orded some of the infamous video showing george floyd's life. she testified along with her 9-year-old cousin who was also at the scene. they appeared by audio only given their ages at the time of the incident. >> what was it about the scene that caused you to come back? >> it wasn't right. he was suffering. he was in pain. >> i saw the officer put a knee on george floyd's neck. i was sad and i was mad. >> the paramedic did a motion like get up, telling him -- basically telling him to remove his knee. his knee was still there, even when they came, even at the end, even unresponsive. >> reporter: off-duty firefighter and emt genevieve hanson took the stand last telling the court she tried to intervene to provide assistance to george floyd. >> are you really a firefighter? >> yes, i am. >> well, get off the sidewalk. >> i would have provided attention to the best of my medical abilities and this human was denied that right. >> when you couldn't do that, how did that make you feel? >> tota

floyd's neck for nearly 9 minutes before floyd died testifying on the stand this morning was darnella frazier. the teenager who shot the widely seen video of floyd's arrest. the teens face has been covered up her court's order. >> you want ask the >> there you see anything happening there on the ground as you're walking towards cup foods with your. >> yes, i see a man on the ground and. see a cop milling down. >> was there anything about the scene that want because of the sea. yes. and what was that. i terrified and scared. they come is that why you directed your cousin going to come and then when you saw this happen there to what was about to see may cause you to come back. it wasn't right. he was. he was suffering. he pain. let me stop you. just a done now. and so when you say first of all. refer to the person come to know is george floyd. >> chauvin's attorney countered by arguing that show then did exactly what he had been trained to do over his 19 year career in law enforcements. and yet another shocking attack against an asian-american. this time in new york. we do want to warn you that

. >> the prosecution also called a young woman, darnella frazier who recorded the now infamous video of george floyd's fatal encounter with police. she told the jury about the connection she felt to floyd and the guilt she struggles with to this day. because frazier was a minor at the time, the judge ruled she could testify off camera. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at my -- i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles, because they are all black. i have black -- i have a black father. i have a black brother. i have black friends. and i look at that and i look at how that could have been one of them. it's been nights i stayed up apologizing and -- and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting and not saving his life. >> an off duty minneapolis firefighter who was also on the scene recounted the distress and anger she felt when the police officers would not let her take action to help george floyd. >> the officers didn't let me into the scene. i also offered -- in my memory, i offered to walk -- kind of walk them

her cousin was darnella frazier, the one who you heard from who stays up at nights apologizing to georgeloyd because she thought she could do more. it sparked this entire movement. you see one of the bystanders that is one of the more vocal bystanders and that's mma fighter and a mixed martial artist donald williams, excuse me he was one of the more vocal people in the video. he also testified on the stand yesterday saying he believed officer chauvin was using a blood choke that day trying to get george floyd to lose consciousness. he pled with the officers trying to get them to get off of george floyd. the first testimony that we will hear from later today is genevieve hansen and she clashed with the defense, as she described the scene and she was an off-duty firefighter going for a walk and she saw a patient who needed medical attention and they didn't let her help george floyd. she grew frustrated by that and she grew desperate and she clashed with the defense attorney after she asked that the crowd was getting angry. she said what do you expect when someone is getting killed and that

you heard darnella frazier, the 17-year-old girl, who filmed the video, without which we probably would not even be at the point of being at this trial, saying she apologizes nightly to george floyd and wishes that she could have done more than what she did. you also saw, you know, that final witness, who was saying, you know, he felt compelled to make the video, but also was filming in spite of the fact that he was scared or worried that he might be attracting police attention for himself and he really wasn't trying to do that. and christopher martin saying that he deleted that video because he didn't want to attract undue attention. he didn't want to get his mother involved so, you know, these folks, despite being reluctant, still felt camompelled to come forwar because they felt like they were seeing something happening that was wrong. >> you know, errin, i would like you to address something wider here i think this testimony is also serving as a reminder of just how traumatic these events are for members -- for eyewitnesss, for members of the community people we don't necessarily re

darnella frazier, just 17 at the time, seen walking to the corner store with her little cousin when shethe commotion. later standing by the wall recording. the judge allowing her to testify off camera, the ordeal last may, she said, still vivid. >> i heard george floyd saying, i can't breathe. please, get off of me. i can't breathe. he cried for his mom. he was in pain. it seemed like he knew -- it seemed like he knew it was over for him. >> reporter: frazier testifying it changed her forever. >> it's been nights, i stayed up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting and not saving his life. but it's like it's not what i should have done. it's what he should have done. >> reporter: back on the witness stand bystander donald williams who called 911. >> he had his knee on the dude's neck the whole time. officer 987. the man wouldn't -- he wasn't resisting arrest. he was already in handcuffs. >> reporter: prosecutors asking why he felt the need to identify chauvin by his badge number. >> why did you do that? >> because i believe i witness

darnella frazier, now 18 shot the viral video of floyd's death that launched a national reckoning with social justice. >> it was like he knew, like he knew it was over for him. he was terrified. he was suffering. >> frazier pushed back on the defense's account of the crowd saying she only raised her voice because she felt she had to. >> i have social anxiety, so it's really out of my comfort zone to really be that out person. >> for her, the trauma also cuts deep. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at -- i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles because they are all black. it's been nights i stayed up apologizing -- and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting and not saving his life. >> her testimony was gut wrenching to listen to, and it was not lost on many observers that george floyd likely wouldn't be a household name if not for that lengthy video she recorded. again, testimony is set to resume this morning with more from that minneapolis firefighter, hoda. >> all right, dave gutierrez for us there at the cour

darnella frazier was testifying on the second day of the trial of derek chauvin in minneapolis.yes of people at the scene. among them, a teenager who had been on her way to the shops. it was her mobile phone footage that was seen around the world. a minor at the time, her face was not shown in court. her testimony, the first time race has been mentioned in this trial. when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad, i look at my brother, i look at my cousins, my uncles. because they are all black. i have a black father, i have a black brother, i have black friends. and i look at that and i look at how that could have been one of them. there's been nights i've stayed up apologising. apologising to george floyd for not doing more. in total, there were four witnesses who were under age at the time, too young to be shown on camera, yet witnesses in a murder trial. the youngest was just nine years old. how did it affect you? i was sad and kind of mad. and tell us, why were you sad and mad? because it feels like he was - stopping him breathing and was kind of like hurting him. last to t

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