Derek Chauvin Prosecutors Detail Events Leading to George Floyd's Arrest

The convenience store cashier who sold cigarettes to George Floyd and was handed a counterfeit $20 bill in return took the stand Wednesday at Officer Derek Chauvin'smurder trial as prosecutors laid out the sequence of events that led to Floyd's ill-fated arrest outside.

Prosecutors also played store security video showing Floyd in Cup Foods for about 10 minutes last May.

Christopher Martin, 19, said he immediately believed the $20 that Floyd gave him was fake, but took it even though store policy was that the amount would be taken out of his paycheck.

Martin said he initially planned to just put the bill on his "tab" but then second-guessed himself and told a manager, who sent Martin outside to ask Floyd to return to the store.

The Black man was later arrested outside, where Chauvin pinned his knee on Floyd's neck for what prosecutors said was 9 minutes, 29 seconds, as a handcuffed Floyd lay face-down on the pavement. Floyd, 46, was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

Martin said that inside the store, he asked Floyd if he played baseball, and Floyd said he played football, but it took Floyd some time to respond, so "it would appear that he was high."

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