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OTTERTAIL FLOOR AWADI MINNETRISTA.
MINNETRISTA. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD
AFTERNOON SIR. YOU'RE HERE TO
TESTIFY ABOUT YOUR BROTHER
GEORGE FLOYD, IS THAT RIGHT?
YES, SIR. AND BEFORE YOU
TELL THE JURY ABOUT YOUR
BROTHER, I'D LIKE YOU
TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE
JURY SO THEY KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT YOU THAT ARE YOU. HOW OLD
ARE YOU? THIRTY NINE . WAS
GEORGE YOUR OLDER OR YOUNGER
BROTHER?
BROTHER?
BROTHER? >> DEEVON MY OLDEST BROTHER.
ARE YOU MARRIED? YES. AND YOU
HAVE CHILDREN? YES, SIR. HOW
MANY CHILDREN TO ANSWER? WHERE
DO YOU WHAT STATE DO YOU LIVE
IN HOUSTON.
IN HOUSTON.
I'D
I'D LIKE
I'D LIKE YOU TO TELL THE JURY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BROTHER
GEORGE FLOYD. FIRST, CAN YOU
TELL THE JURY WHERE AND WHEN
HE WAS BORN? HE WAS BORN IN THE
NORTH CAROLINA, BUT HE LEFT AT
A YOUNG AGE. UM,
MOVED,
MOVED, LIKE TO HOUSTON, TEXAS. >> AND , UH, I HAVE TWO SISTERS
THAT ARE OLDER THAN US IS
JUKKOLA LATONIA PLOY. THEY
BECAME GEORGE FLOYD AND I'M NEXT
BALLONA SLOWER AND MY OTHER
BROTHER RODNEY FLOYD, WHO WAS MY
MOM'S BABY BOY . ALL RIGHT. WAS
HE BORN ON OCTOBER 14, 1973?
YES, SIR. AND YOU SAY THAT HE
THE FAMILY LEFT FAYETTEVILLE
SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS BORN. IS
THAT RIGHT? YES. AND YOU ALL
GREW UP IN HOUSTON. WE ALL GREW
UP AND YOU WERE GEORGE'S PARENTS
.LAST SENIOR BLACK SENIOR
FELLOW LATINA GENOLA FLOYD.
AND HIS FATHER WAS GEORGE . OH,
I THINK. RIGHT. AND DID
MONSIGNOR'S THAT YOUR MOTHER.
THAT'S MY MOTHER. BUT THEY CALL
IT A MRS. NECESSITY. WHO CALLED
HER MISS.
HER MISS.
HER MISS. >> EVERYBODY CALLED MISS STACEY.
WE JUST IT A MOM, BUT EVERYBODY
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED
MINNETRISTA. IF ANYBODY KNEW
HER, CALL IT IT IT AND THAT WAS
THAT THEY HAD TO BE LIKE FIFTY
YEARS OF AGE. BUT EVERYBODY
YOUNGER THAN CALL IT A MOM.
THAT WAS GEORGE H. EVERYBODY
CALLED HIM BECAUSE SHE WAS
A MOM. TO SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY, WHAT COMMUNITY WAS
THAT ? THAT WAS IN 3RD WARD
AND I GREW UP AND THE CUYUNA
HOKAH HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECTS
IT WAS LOW INCOME POVERTY. SO
WE STAYED WITH EACH OTHER ALL
THE TIME. ME AND ME AND GEORGE,
WE GREW UP TOGETHER PLAYING
VIDEO GAMES A LOT. HIS FAVORITE
GAME WAS ON A ORTONVILLE.
WE PLAY DOUBLE DRIBBLE AND WE
PLAY TAKE MIESVILLE AND I
FINALLY BEAT HIM IN A GAME AND I
WAS JUST SO HAPPY JUST THINKING
ABOUT ABOUT THAT AND HE SAID
THE GAME WOULD SAY, COME ON ,
LET'S PLAY A GAME. AND I LIKE
AND I GOT TO GO TO OUR CHILDREN
AND LET ME DO MY CHORES.
BUT GEORGE ALSO HE USED TO MAKE
THAT PIERZ BANANA MAYONNAISE
SANDWICHES AND HE USED TO MAKE
SANDWICHES BECAUSE
SANDWICHES BECAUSE GEORGE COULDN'T COOK,
HE COULDN'T BOIL WATER. SO
AND ALSO
AND ALSO
YOU
YOU PLAYED YOU ALL WITH IT AND I HOUSE YOU SEE, GEORGE HAD LINES
ON THE WALL BECAUSE HE WILL
ALWAYS MEASURE WHICH IS HAD
TRYING TO SEE HOW TALL HE IS
BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BE TALLER
ALL THE TIME BECAUSE HE LOVED
SPORTS. SO HE ALWAYS WANTED
TO BE THE BEST AND LET ME
INTERRUPT YOU FOR A MOMENT.
I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT
WITH US. I'D LIKE TO SHOW
THE WITNESS WHAT'S BEEN MARKED
FOR IDENTIFICATION AS EXHIBIT
284. DO YOU RECOGNIZE
THE PICTURE IN 284? YES, SIR.
THERE'S A PICTURE OF YOUR MOTHER
AND GEORGE WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.
YES. YOU KNOW, OFFER EXHIBIT
TO EIGHTY FOUR . TWENTY
FOUR RECEIVED PERMISSION
TO PUBLISH. SIR, WOULD YOU
PLEASE DESCRIBE THIS PHOTO
AND WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT IT. YES.
AS MY MOTHER SEAVERT WE DO THIS
RIGHT NOW BUT MY OLDER BROTHER
GEORGE THE BOTH OF EYOTA
I
I WAS
I WAS MARRIED IN MAY 2004. I GOT MARRIED AND MY BROTHER WAS
KILLED, MADE FOR THE FIELD
AND MY MOM MADE THIRTY.
IT'S LIKE A BITTERSWEET BECAUSE
I PULLED THE B HAT WHEN THEY MY
COMES SIR, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR MOM'S
PASSING A LITTLE BIT IF YOU NEED
A MOMENT, I CAN TAKE A MINUTE
AND JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
READY. OH,
READY. OH,
GOING
GOING BACK TO GROWING UP IN THE TINTAH KUTTY HOMES, CAN YOU
PLEASE TELL THE JURY WHAT ROLE
GEORGE PLAYED AS AN OLDER
BROTHER IN THAT HOUSEHOLD?
HE WAS SO MUCH OF A LEADER
TO EARTH IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
>> HE WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAD CLOTHES, FOOD.
HE MADE SURE THAT WE ALL WERE
GOING TO BE TO SCHOOL ON TIME
AND LIKE I TOLD GEORGE ,
COULDN'T COOK, BUT HE'LL MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE A SNACK.
>> IT'S GOING TO GET IN THE
WATER. BUT HE HE WAS ONE OF THE
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
THAT WHEN THEY HAD CHURCH
OUTSIDE, PEOPLE WOULD ATTEND
CHURCH JUST BECAUSE HE WAS
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> NOBODY WOULD GO OUT THERE
UNTIL THEY SEEN HIM AND HE JUST
WAS LIKE A PERSON THAT EVERYBODY
LOVED AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
HE JUST KNEW HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE
FEEL BETTER. SIR, YOU INDICATED
THE U AWARE OF WHERE
GEORGE FLOYD WENT TO SCHOOL?
HE WENT TO SCHOOL AT BLACK
ELEMENTARY AND FROM BOWLUS IT
WAS RAHMING FOR SCHOOL AND FOR
RYAN IT WAS JACOV HIGH SCHOOL.
WHAT HE EXCELLED IN SPORTS
AND BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL.
>> HE WAS HE HAD RECEIVED
A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND SOUTH
FLORIDA COLLEGE AND FROM THERE
HE PLAYED BASKETBALL THERE
AND HE TRANSFERRED TO TAKE
THE KINGSVILLE WHERE HE PLAYED
FOOTBALL. NO LIKE TO SHOW
THE WITNESS EXHIBIT TO EIGHTY
FIVE FOR IDENTIFICATION. SIR, DO
YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT'S SHOWN
IN EXHIBIT 285? YES, SIR. YES.
IT'S HAD A PICTURE OF YOUR
BROTHER WHEN HE WAS THE JACKIE
YATES HIGH SCHOOL IN HOUSTON.
YES. THEIR OFFER EXHIBIT 285.
ANY OBJECTION TO VALSVIK
AND PERMISSION TO PUBLISH
APPROXIMATELY HOW OLD WOULD
GEORGE FLOYD HAVE BEEN WITH THIS
PICTURE WAS TAKEN BY THE BACK
LIKE EIGHT.
LIKE EIGHT. >> HE WAS SEVENTEEN AT THE TIME.
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT BASKETBALL
AND PLAYING BASKETBALL. IF
I COULD SHOW EXHIBIT TWO EIGHTY
SEVEN TO THE WITNESS. EIGHTY
SEVEN TO EIGHTY SEVEN.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SHOWING
IT'S BEEN MARKED
FOR IDENTIFICATION AS EXHIBIT
TWO EIGHTY SEVEN. DO YOU
RECOGNIZE THIS PHOTO? YES, SIR.
IS THERE A PICTURE OF YOUR
BROTHER IN THIS PHOTO? YEAH. UH,
HE'S NUMBER BY, UH, SOUTH
FLORIDA ALL THE WAY ON THE LEFT
HAND CORNER. ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO OFFER EXHIBIT
TWENTY SEVEN THIRTY SEVEN BEJOU
AND PERMISSION TO PUBLISH. ALL
RIGHT. YOU INDICATED THAT YOUR
BROTHER WAS NUMBER FIVE IS PART
OF THE SIR. YEAH. YEAH. SOUTH
FLORIDA WAS AT A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SOUTH FLORIDA WITH THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. UM, I'M I'M
LOOKING AT IT. I KNOW THERE'S
A WHOLE BUNCH OF THE BALLPLAYERS
BECAUSE I MET A LOT OF THEM
COMING.
COMING.
COMING. >> UH, YEAH. GEORGE PLAYED
MAINTAIN HIS LEVEL OF FITNESS
LEVEL OF BASKETBALL THROUGHOUT
HIS LIFE.
HIS LIFE.
HIS LIFE. >> YES. HE LOVED THE WORKOUT.
HE LOVED PLAYING BASKETBALL. UM,
PEOPLE LOVED TEACHING PEOPLE
THE GAME OF BASKETBALL. UH,
THAT'S TO ME WHERE I REALLY
LEARNED HOW TO PLAY FROM HIM
BECAUSE HE GOT HIT. A LOT
OF GUYS ON THE COURT SHOWED
THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO DO
TO BEAT THAT . AND WHEN HE WENT
TALK ABOUT PLAYING BASKETBALL,
WOULD YOU USE ANY PARTICULAR
TERM OR PHRASE? OH, HE SAID,
HEY, MAN, LET'S GO OPEN A WE
WILL ALWAYS SAY, COME ON , LET'S
GO. WE ALWAYS WENT HOKAH AND YOU
HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO HOPE EVERY
DAY BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GO
SHOOT A WHOLE LOT OF SHOTS LIKE
IT DID TO ONE HUNDRED SHOTS
A DAY AND MY BROTHER WILL ALWAYS
SAY YOU NEVER BE ABLE
TO COMPETE. WHO WILL BE BECAUSE
MAGIC YOU HAD TO WATCH
THE STORDEN. MICHAEL WE WAS
MAGIC. WE WATCH EVERYBODY EVERY
AND IF YOU CAN DO THAT , YOU
INDICATED THAT GEORGE PLAYED IS
ALSO INTERESTED IN FOOTBALL, HAD
A PASSION FOR FOOTBALL, IS
THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. WOULD
HE PLAY CATCH WITH YOU?
>> HE WILL PLAY CARDS WITH US.
IT'S FUNNY HOW I ALWAYS THOUGHT
THAT MY BROTHER COULDN'T THROW
BUT HE NEVER INTENDED TO THROW
THE BALL TO ME. HE WILL ALWAYS
THROW IT AT AN ANGLE WHILE
I HAVE TO GO TAKE AND JUMP
FORWARD DIPLOID. AND I CAME
UP TO HIM ONE DAY. I SAID MAN,
I SAID I SEE WHY YOU PLAY
TIDIANE. IT'S GOOD YOU CAN'T
THROW IT ALL. AND HE WAS LIKE,
I DON'T WANT TO THROW THE BALL
TO YOU BECAUSE IF I THROW IT
TO YOU, YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND.
YOU HAVE TO GO GET THE BALL.
HE SAID THE BALL SHOULD NEVER
COME TO YOU. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS
TELL YOURSELF I'MA GO GET
THE FOOTBALL BECAUSE YOU HAD
TO ATTACK THE BALL. TOLD SIR.
WAS YOUR BROTHER A FATHER? YES,
SIR. I SHOW YOU WHAT'S BEEN
MARKED FOR IDENTIFICATION AS
EXHIBIT 290 JUST TO THE WITNESS.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT SHONEN IT
TO NINETY? YES, SIR. IS THAT A
PICTURE OF YOUR BROTHER WITH HIS
DOG? YES, SIR. OFFER EXHIBIT
TO INDICATE TO YOU
AND PERMISSION TO PUBLISH
IN
IN WHAT'S
IN WHAT'S HIS DAUGHTER'S NAME. GENOLA. HOW OLD IS SHE NOW? SAID
SIR,
SIR, COULD YOU PLEASE FOR THE JURY DESCRIBE GEORGE FLOYDS
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER. OH
IT WAS IT WAS ONE OF , UH,
GEORGE . HE ALWAYS BE UP ON
OUR MOM.
OUR MOM.
OUR MOM. >> HE WAS A BIG MAMA'S BOY .
I CRIED A LOT. BUT GEORGE,
HE LOVED HIS MOM.
>> HE WILL ALWAYS JUST BE
ON HER. YOU KNOW, EVERY MOTHER
LOVES ALL OF THE KIDS. BUT IT
WAS SO UNIQUE HOW THEY WERE
WITH EACH OTHER. HE WAS LATE AT
THIS PONEMAH HER IN THE FETAL
POSITION, BUT HE WAS STILL
IN THE. I WOULD SEE HIM EVERY
DAY AND I'D SAY HE ROTHSAY
PERIOD BECAUSE WE CALL IT
A PERIOD THAT AJOY AND HE WOULD
ALWAYS SAY HELLO, LET ME KISS
MOMMA BEFORE I COME OVER THERE
AND BEING AROUND HIM, HE SHOWED
US LIKE HOW TO TREAT MAHNOMEN,
HOW TO RESPECT OUR MOM. HE HE
JUST HE LOVED HER SO DEARLY
AND WHEN
AND WHEN
HE
HE FOUND
HE FOUND OUT THAT MY MOM WAS PASSED BECAUSE SHE HAD TO STAY
WITH US FOR HOSPICE AND HE WAS
TALKING TO HER OVER THE PHONE,
BUT SHE PIERZ BEFORE HE EVEN
CAME DOWN HERE . SO THAT RIGHT.
>> IT HURT HIM A LOT. AND WHEN
WE WENT TO THE FUNERAL, IT IS
GEORGE JUST SET THE CASKET OVER
AND OVER AGAIN. HE WOULD JUST
SAY MAHNOMEN OVER AND OVER.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL
THEM BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO WE
ALL WERE HURT AND HE WAS JUST
KISSING YOU, JUST KISSING.
AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
AGAIN. AND EVERYBODY COUPLE
QUAMBA WAS GOING TO BE OK,
BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE NO,
I DON'T KNOW. KIDS HATE IT WHEN
YOU WATCH YOUR MOTHER, SOMEBODY
WHO LOVE AND CHERISH YOU,
THE NERSTRAND FOR YOUR ENTIRE
LIFE AT THE END, THEY HAVE
TO LEAVE YOU. WE ALL HAVE TO GO
THROUGH IT. BUT IT'S DIFFICULT.
AND GEORGE, HE HE WAS JUST HEY,
SIR, YOU INDICATED YOUR MOTHER
PASSED AWAY ME THIRTY. I WAS
TWENTY. EIGHTEEN. IS THAT RIGHT?
YES. AND YOU DESCRIBED SEEING
YOUR BROTHER GEORGE AT
THE FUNERAL, IS THAT RIGHT? YES,
IT WAS. IT WAS AROUND THE TIME
OF YOUR MOTHER'S PASSING
THE LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR
BROTHER GEORGE PLAYED
IN
IN PERSON
IN PERSON ALIVE? YES, SIR. DID YOU MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH HIM
ON THE PHONE? YOU TEXT AND
WHATNOT AFTER THAT ?
>> YEAH, WE , UH, WE CALLED
EACH OTHER. HE WILL CALL AND I
WILL CALL HIM. BUT WE WILL TALK
A LOT OF TIMES EARLY IN THE
MORNING BECAUSE I OF THE TRUCK
DRIVER. SO HE WILL ALWAYS BE
A TALKER TO BE A PONEMAH. SO HOW
TO BACK UP HOW TO DO THIS.
>> SHIFTING GEARS, DIFFERENT
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GREAT
GREAT TEACHERS, SO I WOULD ALSO JUST EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT
HE NEEDED TO DO AT THAT LEVEL
TO GET TO THAT NEXT YEAR. THAT'S
WHAT HE WAS DOING. WE JUST
LISTEN. HE BECAME A STUDENT
AND ALWAYS HAD TO ASK HIM
FOR ADVICE BECAUSE IT WAS MY BIG
BROTHER, SIR. AND THIS IS A YES
OR NO QUESTION. WERE YOU
INFORMED THAT YOUR BROTHER
GEORGE FLOYD DIED ON MAY