Graphic body cam videos of George Floyd’s arrest played in court

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🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Body camera videos from Minneapolis police officers were played in court during his criminal trial and showed the jury what witnesses saw as George Floyd took his last breaths. One video showed Floyd crying and begging officers to “please don’t shoot me” as they first approached him in a car. Witnesses can also be heard on the footage pleading with officers to check his pulse. Former federal prosecutor Laura Coates joins AC360 to discuss the new video and whether or not she thinks the defense team will have Chauvin take the stand. Plus, a source tells CNN the Justice Department is investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz over allegations involving sex trafficking and prostitution. The inquiry is part of a broader trafficking probe into another Florida politician. Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe tells AC360 nobody opens a sex trafficking investigation on a sitting member of Congress without having a significant degree of information. Airdate: March 31, 2021 Guests: Laura Coates Andrew McCabe To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	He told George Floyd he could not win as police tried to get Floyd into a squad car.
0:06.8	Today on the witness stand Charles McMillan's memories of that day and the video of it brought
0:13.1	him to tears.
0:14.6	Jim Sudo here in again for Anderson tonight.
0:17.2	Day three of the Derek Chauvin trial saw witnesses haunted by their helplessness as a man
0:23.1	was slowly killed right in front of their eyes.
0:26.6	We watched a juror experience what she later called a stress-related reaction to those
0:31.0	proceedings.
0:32.3	We saw for the first time body cam video of George Floyd's confrontation with police.
0:38.1	Morning and senior national correspondent Sarah Cydner has our report to give you this morning,
0:52.1	some of the videos are tough to watch.
1:05.3	I don't have a mom or either plan to stand here.
1:22.2	McMillan is the man you hear on the video begging Floyd to give in to police before Floyd
1:27.1	is taken to the ground.
1:28.5	McMillan told the jury he regularly walks his neighborhood. In fact, he bumped into
1:42.9	officer Derek Chauvin there five days before Floyd's arrest.
1:56.0	On this day in court, the jury also saw George Floyd alive watching not seen before surveillance
2:03.6	video from inside the cup food store. 19 year old former cashier Christopher Martin
2:08.9	took the stand to explain what was going on leading up to police arriving.
2:13.8	Do you recall what it was that you sold to a pack of cigarettes?
2:16.7	He seemed very friendly, approachable, he is talkative.
2:21.1	I seem to just be having average memorial days just living his life.
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