YOUR
YOUR FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME AND SPELLINGS OF YOUR NAMES.
>> MY NAME IS SCOTT ROBERT
GRASSTON S.R. EEYE SHETLEMEN
MEMBERS OF THE JURY YOU'RE ABOUT
TO HEAR EVIDENCE OF AN
OCCURRENCE INVOLVING
OCCURRENCE INVOLVING GEORGE FLOYD ON MAY 6TH.
>> TWENTY NINETEEN THIS EVIDENCE
IS BEING ADMITTED SOLELY FOR THE
LIMITED PURPOSE OF SHOWING WHAT
EFFECTS THE INGESTION OF OPIOIDS
MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD ON THE
PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF GEORGE
FLOYD. THIS EVIDENCE IS NOT
TO BE USED AS EVIDENCE.
>> THE CHARACTER OF GEORGE
FLOYD. MR. CREIGHTON, BY WHOM
ARE YOU CURRENTLY EMPLOYED? UH,
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN,
UM, I COULD VERY WELL BE
A LITTLE OVER. SORRY ABOUT
THAT , SIR. NO PROBLEM. I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR OWN
QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS
THAT
THAT YES,
THAT YES, IT IS OK. BY WHOM ARE YOU CURRENTLY EMPLOYED?
>> ALL RIGHT. NOW, I'M CURRENTLY
RETIRED. I'M NOT EMPLOYED BY
ANYBODY. PRIOR TO YOUR
RETIREMENT, WHO BY WHOM WERE YOU
EMPLOYED BY THE CITY
OF MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT. AND HOW LONG DID YOU
WORK FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE DEPARTMENT?
POLICE DEPARTMENT? >> TWENTY EIGHT YEARS. CAN YOU
DESCRIBE FOR THE JURY GENERALLY
THE VARIOUS ROLES THAT YOU HAD
FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT? YES, WELL ,
I STARTED IN NINETEEN NINETY
THREE. I STARTED DOWN THE STREET
WORKING AS A NINE WAUBUN
RESPONDER. I DID SIX YEARS AS
A 9/11 RESPONDER AND THEN
I TRANSFERRED OVER TO PUBLIC
HOUSING FOR APPROXIMATELY
NINE MONTHS AS A PUBLIC HOUSING
OFFICER . AND THEN FROM THERE
I WENT TO THE FOURTH PRECINCT
AND BECAME OUR RESPONSE TEAM
MEMBER INVOLVED AS A STREET
LEVEL NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR.
>> I DID THAT FOR 22 YEARS. ALL
RIGHT. NOW, WERE YOU ON DUTY
ON MAY 6TH OF TWENTY NINETEEN?
YES, I WAS. IF YOU HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW VARIOUS
POLICE REPORTS AND BODY WORN
CAMERAS FROM AN INCIDENT ON THAT
DAY. YES, I HAVE ON THAT DATE AT
APPROXIMATELY FOUR OR FIVE JUST
BEFORE 5:00 P.M., DID YOU
EXECUTE A TRAFFIC STOP OF A
RED FORD EXPLORER? YES, I DID.
AND DID YOU APPROACH
THE PASSENGER SIDE?
>> YES, I DID. CAN YOU DESCRIBE
JUST VERY BRIEFLY THE INITIAL
INTERACTION YOU HAD WITH THE
PASSENGER OF THAT VEHICLE,
APPROACHED THE VEHICLE? UH,
ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE
PASSENGER WINDOW WAS DOWN.
I START GIVING THE INDIVIDUAL
THAT WAS THAT WAS IN THE
PASSENGER SEAT COMMANDS SEVERAL
TIME. UM, UH, THE PASSENGER WAS
UNRESPONSIVE AND NONCOMPLIANT
TO MY COMMANDS.
>> I THEN HAD
PHYSICALLY REACH IN TO BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE HIS HANDS
BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE HIS
HANDS. I REACHED IN FINALLY
AND GRABBED HIS HAND TO PUT IT
UP ON THE DASH AND THEN
THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS TAKEN FROM
THE VEHICLE AND HANDCUFFED.
>> OK, DID YOU MAKE ANY
OBSERVATIONS AS TO THE
PASSENGER'S BEHAVIOR?
PASSENGER'S BEHAVIOR? >> COULD YOU REPEAT
THAT QUESTION, SIR? I'M SORRY.
DID YOU MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL
OBSERVATIONS AS TO THE
PASSENGER'S BEHAVIOR?
PASSENGER'S BEHAVIOR? >> YES, IN MY MIND, AS HIS
BEHAVIOR WAS VERY NERVOUS,
ANXIOUS I WOULD THROW
THAT QUESTION IN TERMS OF DID
YOU SEE THE PASSENGER DO
ANYTHING PHYSICALLY WITH HIS
HANDS?
HANDS?
HANDS? >>
HANDS? >> YES, HE TURNED AWAY FROM ME
TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S SEAT AS
CONTINUALLY AS I WAS GIVING HIM
COMMANDS TO SEE HIS HANDS.
>> DID YOU DRAW YOUR SERVICE
WEAPON? YES, I DID. DID YOU
OBSERVE THE PASSENGER PUTTING
ANYTHING IN HIS MOUTH?
>> WHAT CAN YOU SAY THAT ONE
MORE TIME, SIR? I'M SORRY. DID
YOU OBSERVE THE PASSENGER PUT
ANYTHING IN HIS MOUTH? NO,
I DIDN'T. DID YOU WERE YOU
WEARING A BODY WORN CAMERA
ISSUED BY THE CITY
OF MINNEAPOLIS? ON THAT DAY?
YES, I WAS. AND HAVE YOU HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW YOUR BODY
WORN CAMERA PRIOR TO TODAY'S
TESTIMONY?
TESTIMONY? >> YES, I HAVE, YOUR HONOR.
BASED UPON THE ORDER, I WOULD
MOVE TO ADMIT AND PUBLISH
EXHIBIT ONE ZERO FIVE ONE UH,
ONE
ONE ZERO
ONE ZERO FIVE ONE IS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO THE SHETLEMEN.
I LENGBY PUBLISH
UNDER
UNDER YOUR SEATBELT, SIR. >> SIR, A PASSENGER SEAT BELT
GLYNDON
GLYNDON UNDER YOUR SEAT BELT, PLEASE. I'M NOT I DON'T PLAN
ON SHOOTING YOU. I'M JUST SAYING
LET'S TAKE IT. TAKE YOUR TIME.
OK, RELAX. JUST UNDER YOUR SEAT
BELT. LET HER TAKE HER GUY. JUST
KEEP YOUR HANDS UP WHERE I CAN
SEE HIM. OH HEY LET ME
PUT
PUT HIM
PUT HIM ON THE DASH. I'M NOT GOING TO SHOOT YOU. PUT YOUR
HANDS ON THE DASH. PUT YOUR
HANDS ON THE THE LAST TIME
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S
SIMPLE. JUST GOT I GOT MOVING
HANDS
HANDS AROUND. YOU WON'T LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. GO BACK
TO YOUR HEAD SPEWAK OPEN YOUR
MOUTH OUT. WHAT YOU GOT. WHAT
YOU GOT. I'M GOING TO TEASE YOU.
SPIT IT OUT FOR AWAY FROM ME.
I WAS GOING TO PUT YOUR HANDS
BEHIND YOUR BACK. OK, NOW SLOWLY
COME AND PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR
HEART. OK, RELAX EVERYTHING
AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET BEAT
UP FOR NOTHING. YOU JUST FOLLOW
WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO
TO APOLOGIZE TO ME. I APOLOGIZE
.
.
. >>
. >> I
. >> I APOLOGIZE. YEAH. YEAH.
SO
SO LOU
SO LOU ,
SO LOU , REFRESH MY MEMORY. HAVE WE SEEN THAT VIDEO BEFORE?
WE HAVE AS IN THE REPORTERS, YOU
KNOW, I DID A STORY ON IT BACK
IN LAST FALL WHEN IT WAS
INITIALLY BROUGHT UP WITH
IN THIS CASE, THE JURY HAS NOT
SEEN IT YET. AND SO THE OTHER
PART THAT THE JURY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO SEE IS NOW MUCH
LATER, NOT MUCH LATER. THE PART
THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO WATCH
IS THAT GEORGE FLOYD GETS
ARRESTED HERE . HE GETS PUT IN A
POLICE CAR, HE GETS BROUGHT
TO THE POLICE STATION AND THEY
BEGIN TO INTERVIEW HIM AND THEN
THE JURY WILL THEN SEE WHERE IT
PICKS UP WHEN A FIRST RESPONDER,
AN EMT OR A PARAMEDIC COMES
IN TO TAKE HIS BLOOD PRESSURE
AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT HIS
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HOW
HE SHOULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL. SO
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY AT
THE SIDEBAR IS ABOUT THERE WERE
DISCUSSIONS BEFORE COURT STARTED
CONCERNING WHAT PORTION OF THE
VIDEO COULD BE PLAYED
.DID
.DID YOU
.DID YOU SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFY THE DRIVER OF THE OKABENA,
THE PASSENGER DECIDED? AND WHO
IS THAT ? MR. FLOYD? ON YOUR
HONOR, BASED ON THE COURT'S
RULING, I HAVE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS FOR THIS WITNESS
TODAY.
TODAY.
GOOD
GOOD MORNING , OFFICER CREIGHTON. YOU TESTIFIED
THAT YOU WERE THE OFFICER WHO
APPROACHED THE PASSENGER SIDE
OF THE VEHICLE. YOU APPROACHED
GEORGE FLOYD ON MAY SIX
OF TWENTY NINETEEN, IS
THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
AND YOU HAD YOUR GUN DRAWN WHEN
YOU APPROACHED MR. FLOYD, ISN'T
THAT RIGHT? YES, JUKKOLA. YES.
AND WHEN YOU APPROACHED MR.
FLOYD, HE SAID, DON'T SHOOT ME,
MAN. I DON'T WANT TO GET SHOT
RIGHT. SOMETHING LIKE THAT .
YES. YOU TOLD HIM TO UNDO HIS
SEATBELT, CORRECT? THAT'S
CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. AND HE DID
THAT , RIGHT? YES, HE DID.
AND THEN YOU SAID, PUT YOUR
HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM .
CORRECT. YES. AND THEN HE PUT
HIS HANDS IN THE AIR.
>> YES. AND THEN YOU TOLD HIM
TO PUT HIS HANDS ON THE DASH. IS
THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THAT WAS WHEN YOU GRABBED
HIS HAND AND FORCIBLY PUT IT
ON THE DASHBOARD OF THE VEHICLE.
CORRECT. PHONE. YES. AND THEN
THE OTHER OFFICER WITH YOU
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE
CHANGED THAT TO PUT YOUR HANDS
ON YOUR HEAD, CORRECT? THAT'S
CORRECT. AND THEN HE PUT HIS
HANDS ON HIS HEAD. THAT'S
CORRECT. YES. AND THERE WAS ONE
OFFICER WHO SAID THEY WERE GOING
TO TAKE HIM, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. YES. YOU
WERE YELLING PRETTY LOUD,
CORRECT?
CORRECT?
CORRECT? >> YES, I WAS. YES,
THAT ESCALATED REAL QUICK.
>> SOME PROFANITY AS WELL ,
CORRECT? YES. AND YOU HAD YOUR
GUN DRAWN THE WHOLE TIME YOU
WERE GIVING COMMANDS. ONCE
I START ORTONVILLE AND HE
REFUSED TO SHOW ME HIS HANDS.
YES. EVENTUALLY IT ESCALATED
WHERE I PULLED MY GUN. YES,
MA'AM. AND HE WAS WAKE. CORRECT.
WHAT'S THAT NOW? MR. FLOYD WAS
AWAKE WITH YOU AWAKE DURING THIS
INCIDENT? YES. HE WAS CONSCIOUS,
YES. HE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE
IN MEDICAL DISTRESSED YOU WHEN
YOU WERE PULLING HIM OUT OF THE
CAR. IS THAT RIGHT? HE WAS
TALKING TO YOU. HE WAS STANDING
UP . IS THAT RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW
IF IT WAS SPECIFICALLY SOMETIMES
HE WAS TALKING, SOMETIMES HE WAS
MUMBLING. HE WAS INCOHERENT.
IN MY MIND A LOT OF THE TIME
DURING THERE.
DURING THERE. >> BUT YOU GOT HIM OUT OF CAR.
YOU HANDCUFFED HIM, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT, MA'AM. AND HE
STOOD NEXT TO THE CAR, RIGHT?
YES, MA'AM. HE ASKED YOU NOT
TO BEAT HIM UP , CORRECT? THAT'S
CORRECT. YES. HE WAS ABLE
TO WALK, RIGHT? YES, HE WAS.
HE CONTINUED TO TALK TO YOU?
>> YES.
>> YES.
OK,
OK, SO
OK, SO I'M NOT POSITIVE WITH THE SIDEBAR ABOUT BUT THERE IS
A FINE LINE THAT BOTH SIDES NEED
TO WALK TO FOLLOW. WHAT IS
ALLOWED TO BE TO BE USED IN WHAT
IS ALLOWED TO BE ASKED.
AND THERE MAY BE A QUESTION
OF WHETHER THE DOOR OPENS UP FOR
ERIC ELLSON TO USE MORE OF THAT
VIDEO AND MORE FROM
THAT INCIDENT, ESPECIALLY
REGARDING WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
GOING THROUGH GEORGE FLOYD'S
MIND BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO STAY AWAY FROM.
AND SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT ERIC
NELSON PROBABLY IS IS GOING
TO USE ANY OPPORTUNITY HE CAN
TO BE ABLE TO USE MORE FROM THIS
TWENTY NINE INCIDENT. SO
WE'LL SEE IF IF THAT GETS
DISCUSSED AT ALL THE PROSECUTION
FOCUSING ON THE HOW CHAOTIC
SOUNDING THE COMMANDS MAY HAVE
SOUNDED TO GEORGE FLOYD,
ESPECIALLY WHAT THE OTHER
OFFICER THREATENING TO USE
A TASER AND ALSO FOCUSING
ON THAT HE WAS THAT HE WAS
STANDING UP AND WAS CONSCIOUS
TECHNOLOGY. HE'S NOT OUR FRIEND TO BE HIS ALDRIDGE. THANK YOU.
WOULD THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
OFFICER CREIGHTON, YOU WERE
DESCRIBING THAT YOU GOT MR.
BOYD OUT OF THE CAR, CORRECT?
YES. AND HE STOOD NEXT TO THE
CAR AND YOU HANDCUFFED HIM,
CORRECT.
CORRECT.
CORRECT. >> ME.
>> ME.
>> ME. >>
>> ME. >> AND ANOTHER OFFICER HAD
TO PHYSICALLY HANDCUFF HIM. YES.
AND HE DIDN'T FALL DOWN,
CORRECT? NO, I DIDN'T FALL DOWN.
NOTHING FURTHER. AND FURTHER
,OFFICER
,OFFICER CREIGHTON, THERE WAS ANOTHER OFFICER ON THE DRIVER'S
SIDE DEALING WITH THE DRIVER.
YES, THAT'S CORRECT. ACTUALLY,
TOO. AND THAT OFFICER WAS
SPEAKING TO OR GIVING COMMANDS
TO THE DRIVER. THAT'S CORRECT.
SIMULTANEOUS TO THE TIME
THAT YOU WERE GIVING COMMANDS
TO MR. FORD. THAT'S CORRECT. DID
YOU HEAR THE OFFICER SAY SPIT
IT? I MAY HAVE, YES. I DON'T
LIKE TO SEE THE VIDEO IF THAT'S
WHAT THE VIDEO SHOWS AND THAT'S
WHAT OCCURRED. OK, I'VE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE
OFF
OFF SCREEN. YOU WERE JUST SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER
OFFICERS WERE DOING. YOU WERE
INTERACTING WITH MR. FLOYD,
CORRECT? YES. AND WHILE YOU WERE
INTERACTING WITH MR. FLOYD,
HE DIDN'T COLLAPSE ON THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. >> CORRECT. WHAT WAS
THE QUESTION?
THE QUESTION? >> CAN YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE
LOUDER WHILE YOU WERE
INTERACTING WITH MR. FLOYD?
HE DIDN'T COLLAPSE ON THE
GROUND, CORRECT? NO, HE DID NOT.
WELL , ANSWER FOR THE OBJECTION.
SUSTAINED. YES,
SUSTAINED. YES,
YOU'RE
YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER OFFICERS WERE
DOING, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
>> YOUR ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED
ON MR. FLOYD, CORRECT? YES, WAS.
AND MR. FLOYD DIDN'T DROP DEAD
WHILE YOU WERE INTERACTING
WITH HIM, CORRECT? NO. THANK YOU
FOR THE GRYGLA. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK
THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. YOUR HONOR, AT THIS TIME, THE