Officer in Floyd case gave onlookers a ‘cold’ stare, court hears

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (Court TV, via AP)

As onlookers pleaded with Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin to take his knee off George Floyd’s neck, the officer just gave them a “cold” and “heartless” stare, the teenager who shot the video of the arrest has told a court.

In sometimes-tearful testimony, Darnella Frazier, 18, said Chauvin continued to kneel on Mr Floyd’s neck and fellow officer Tou Thao would not let onlookers get close, even when one of them identified herself as a firefighter and begged repeatedly to check Mr Floyd’s pulse.