Scientist gives evidence about drugs found after George Floyd’s murder

A court sketch, from left, of former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao, lawyer Robert Paule, lawyer Natalie Paule, lawyer Tom Plunkett, former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng, former officer Thomas Lane and lawyer Earl Gray (Cedric Hohnstadt via AP)

A forensic scientist has given evidence at the federal trial of three former police officers accused of violating George Floyd’s civil rights – and discussed drugs found in the back of the police car they tried to put him in before restraining him on the pavement.

McKenzie Anderson, from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, oversaw the processing of the car, which was outside the shop where Mr Floyd allegedly tried to use a counterfeit $20 bill.