Minneapolis cashier tells jury Floyd was chatty, appeared ‘high’

Christopher Martin accepted the alleged counterfeit $20 bill that triggered the events that led to George Floyd’s death.

A cashier who was one of the last people to speak with George Floyd before his deadly arrest on May 25 last year has testified at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in the US city of Minneapolis that Floyd appeared to be high on drugs but was able to make friendly conversation. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, is being tried for murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd on May 25, 2020. Floyd died after Chauvin pressed his knee on his neck for about nine minutes. The prosecution alleges Floyd died because of Chauvin’s actions, the defence is expected to argue that drugs and pre-existing medical conditions caused his death. The trial is in its third day, and is being broadcast live allowing the world to watch the same evidence the 12 jurors and two alternates are seeing.