Witnesses: Onlooker anger increased as Floyd stopped moving

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

MINNEAPOLIS — Onlookers grew increasingly angry as they begged Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin to take his knee off George Floyd’s neck, but Chauvin would not let up, and another officer forced back members of the crowd who tried to intervene, witnesses testified Tuesday at Chauvin’s murder trial.

Witness after witness described how Chauvin was unmoved by their pleas, with the teenager who shot the harrowing video of the arrest that set off nationwide protests testifying that the officer gave the crowd a “cold” and “heartless” stare.

“He didn’t care. It seemed as if he didn’t care what we were saying,” said 18-year-old Darnella Frazier, one of several witnesses who testified through tears.

Frazier said Chauvin continued to kneel on Floyd while fellow Officer Tou Thao held the crowd of about 15 back, even when one of the onlookers identified herself as a firefighter and pleaded repeatedly to check Floyd’s pulse.

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[frazzled]

1. Anger is the defense's and media's word

They could have said increasingly desperate and horrified.

[Solomon]

2. That's only part of it. Two of them said Chauvin kneed Floyd harder in response to them asking him

let up.

[Midnightwalk]

3. What is the calm collected way to say "stop killing him"?

The witnesses are doing great. The trial, video and story is incredibly frustrating and infuriating.

[Lunabell]

4. I keep thinking, "What would I have done?".

I feel like I would've tried to body slam that pig whether they tried to hold me back or not. I am livid over this!!!

[Blue Owl]

5. That Chauvin fucker better get life in prison

Even that is too nice for him, that racist motherfucking murderer...

[sarisataka]

6. Maximum sentence

On the highest charge is 40 years. An attorney was interviewed on local tv who said the state could ask for a higher than standard sentence because children witnessed the killing, however they need a conviction first.

[Bayard]

7. He won't last long in prison

Just sayin'.

[Solly Mack]

8. Outrage, not anger. There was shock, there was horror - and those lead to

outrage at what was happening right before their eyes. They were watching the police murder a man and they were helpless to stop it.

That's not someone pissing you off.

That's being horrified. That's being desperate. That's being traumatized.

They were pleading for the police to stop. They were begging for the police to stop.

Those kinds of comments don't come out polite. They come out in a hurry, a rush, with all the emotions you are feeling in your voice.

They were not some angry mob.

They were in distress.

I know the two words can be interchangeable but a better word choice was available. A more accurate one.