When Chauvin’s attorney Eric Nelson asked Donald Williams II, a mixed martial arts fighter who was at the scene of the arrest, “Is it fair to say you grew angrier and angrier?” Williams replied, “You can’t paint me out to be angry.” They also seemed ready to push back against racist caricatures when the defense’s cross-examination portrayed the witnesses as an “angry” crowd, yelling and endangering the police officers who were arresting Floyd.

Court TV via APĪs prosecutors walked the witnesses through a minute-by-minute snapshot of the arrest, the witnesses’ accounts remained consistent: They were distressed that they could not intervene, and they’re still upset about it today. Court TV via AP Bystander Charles McMillian broke down in tears after watching a replay of the body camera video of Floyd calling for his mom. Court TV via AP Genevieve Hansen wipes her eyes as she testifies during the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Donald Williams II wipes his eyes as he answers questions on the witness stand. “I don’t have a mama either,” said McMillian. “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.” I look at my cousins, my uncles, because they are all Black,” Frazier said. “When I look at George Floyd, I look at my dad. Some of the most affecting testimonies came from 61-year-old bystander Charles McMillian, who broke down in tears after watching a replay of the body camera video of Floyd calling for his mom during the arrest, and Darnella Frazier, who recorded Floyd’s fatal arrest in a video that sparked a rallying cry on the streets. Four of the witnesses on Tuesday were under 18 at the time of Floyd’s death - the youngest is now 9 - and testified with the cameras off, their voices wavering and sobbing as they narrated the nine minutes and 29 seconds they saw Floyd “fighting to breathe.” They said they were upset and desperate to save Floyd’s life several testified to calling the police on the police. Witnesses who watched Chauvin pin the 46-year-old Black man by the neck with his knee described the trauma they had to live with afterward. The first week of the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd, has been an emotional one.

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