Day two of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial left those watching awestruck by the testimony of multiple witnesses who were there when the Minneapolis officer choked George Floyd to death. 

Chauvin is facing charges of second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, setting off global protests in 2020. 

Donald Williams, one of the first witnesses called, was peppered with questions from Chauvin’s lawyer, Eric Nelson, about his interaction with the officer as he knelt on Floyd’s neck. 

Nelson went through Williams’ entire recorded interaction with Chauvin and the other officers holding Floyd down, attempting to paint the witness as violent, angry and threatening toward Chauvin. 

“Do you recall saying I dare you to touch me like that, I swear I’ll slap the f**k out of both of you?” Nelson asked.

“Yeah I did. I meant it…you can’t paint me out to be angry,” Williams responded.

In a tense exchange, bystander Donald Williams pushed back when the Derek Chauvin’s attorney asked whether he grew more and more angry with Chauvin during the fatal arrest of George Floyd.
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Williams later said he decided to call the police on Chauvin and the other officers after Floyd’s body was taken away from the ambulance. 

Nelson and Williams went back and forth for minutes over his remarks toward Chauvin.

“They pretty much just killed this guy who wasn’t resisting arrest. The man was already in handcuffs….The dude was not responsive when the ambulance came and got him,” Williams said in a 911 call played for the jury. 

He cried heavily as the call played, and recalled how painful it was to see the officers take Floyd’s life. 

Williams is a mixed martial arts fighter and has experience with chokeholds, explaining that he instantly knew Floyd was in trouble by the way Chauvin was kneeling on his neck.

“The officer on top was shimmying to actually get the final choke in while he was on top, the kill choke. [Chauvin] looked at me right here. The only time he looked up was when I said it was a blood choke. We looked at each other dead in the eye, and when I said it he acknowledged it,” he said, adding that he is haunted after watching Floyd “fade away.”

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