Judge Lets Man Who Was With George Floyd on Day He Died Avoid Taking Stand

Judge Lets Man Who Was With George Floyd on Day He Died Avoid Taking Stand
Morries Hall invokes his Fifth Amendment constitutional right against self-incrimination during the 13th day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn., on April 14, 2021. Pool via Reuters
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A Minnesota judge on Wednesday ruled that a man who was in George Floyd’s vehicle on the day Floyd died does not have to answer a single question during the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

Morries Hall has described himself as a “key witness” to the fateful events of May 25, 2020. Body camera footage from police officers showed him sitting in Floyd’s passenger seat. But even acknowledging that he was in Floyd’s car when officers approached it near Cup Foods could open Hall up to criminal charges, his public defender, Adrienne Cousins, argued.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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