i should also note that christopher martin is 19-year-old. he's the fifth teenager or younger to testify out of ten witnesses in total as part of this trial just three days in. after martin exited the stand, a man by the name of christopher belfry took the stand. he actually pulled behind the vehicle that police officers first interacted in, and he was startled when an officer pulled out his gun, so he pulled out his phone and started filming. >> i noticed. two officers coming. they approached the vehicle in front of me. one officer drew a handgun, and opened the door, pointed the gun at whoever was in the driver's seat. it startled me, you know, when i seen the officer raise his gun. >> let me just -- >> i started recording. >> reporter: he eventually said that he stopped recording altogether, because the officers kept staring at him, and he didn't want any problems. but he did witness what those other bystanders witnessed, floyd being dragged over to that side of the street and being pinned under the knee of derek chauvin. the defense chose

christopher martin, who was on -- who has been on the stand testifying that he believed floyd was on some drugs, but that he was able to still carry on a conversation with him. one of the more interesting parts came from the decision the cashier was wrestling with. when he got the bill, he was holding it up into the light. he mentioned the store policy, that the you take a counterfeit $20 bill, you have to pay for it out of your own paycheck. he said initially he was going to do that. but he pointed out in the video, he second-guessed himself. went and spoke with the managerment they both said, well, we have to go speak to him. floyd who is now in a vehicle parked across the street. the cashier said he went out there twice. that's sort of where we left things. we can imagine that timeline will continue to move forward when we get back from that short five-minute break. all of this adds context to the record of what happened that day on may 25th, 2020. yesterday was dominated by eyewitness testimony to floyd being under the knee of derek chauvin, people steps away. we got the latter p

after christopher martin took the stand, mr. bellfrey, he was only questioned by the prosecution, and then we broke for lunch. we are expected to get back in an hour or so and we got questions to answers to a previous break that happened earlier in the day when it was supposed to be a five-minute break and it was longer, and it appeared to be an issue with a juror and as they came back we understood from a report inside the court that this juror seemed to have a medical issue they were dealing with, and she came back in and the conversation between the judge and her, and the judge said as i understand you have been having trouble sleeping, and she said, yes, she confirmed it and also said that she had been up since 2:00 a.m., so as much of a toll as we can imagine these witnesses are going through trying to recount some experiences, remember, there are 14 jurors seated in here that will have to essentially weigh a potential verdict in this knowing that the entire world is watching. the jurors have been attentive throughout all o

the 19-years-old christopher martin was the employee working that day. he testified that he was calm. >> when i saw the bill, it had a blue pigment on it kind of how a $100 was and i assumed it was fake. >> reporter: one of martin's co-workers called the police. when asked to describe how he felt what happened that day. the teenager said -- >> guilt. >> why guilt? >> if i were not taken the bill, this could have been afrvoided. >> reporter: mcmilan saw police pinned floyd to the ground and trying to convince him to let him go. >> were you trying to just help him to -- >> make the situation easy. >> reporter: instead the situation got worse and seeing it again was overwhelming. >> do you need a minute? >> reporter: that feeling of helplessness is one that's shsh shared by so many witnesses that testified. the 19-years-old cashier was the fifth testifier. the man who was in the car initially with floyd plans to plea the fifth amendment against self-in crimination if he's called to testify. omar, thank you very much. >> i want to go to our legal team, areva

martin took the stand to explain what was going on leading up to police arriving. >> do you recall what it was you sold? >> a pack of cigarettes. he seemed very friendly, approachable. he was talkative. seemed to be having an average memorial day, just living his life. >> a scene from everyday life. the jury knows they're watching a dead man walking. in less than an hour, floyd will be struggling for his life on derek chauvin's knee. martin says floyd seemed high. >> when i asked him if he played baseball, he went on to respond to that, but kind of took him a little long so it would appear he was high. >> and paid for cigarettes with an odd looking $20 bill. >> i assumed it was fake. >> he testified the store policy is if a cashier accepts counterfeit money, it comes out of their paycheck. >> i took it anyway, i was planning to put it on my tab until i second guessed myself. as you can see in the video, i except examining it. i eventually told my manager. >> the manager asked another employee to call police on floyd after the teenage boys confronted floyd at his car twice. when police d

you have the witness today, christopher martin, who made the big deal about the counterfeit $20 bill and wishes he wouldn't have made such a big deal and feels guilt over that. if people are watching and they feel something, what are people supposed to do? >> well, you know, i mentioned this yesterday, i believe. it would be great if the witnesses could have access to some kind of mental health -- >> counseling. >> counseling or something because obviously you can see, and it doesn't matter if you're young or old. we saw minors yesterday who clearly were suffering from trauma. now you see an individual who looks like a senior citizen or so who's going through the same thing. so, young or old, when you see this for real and you have to relive it. i don't know if people really realize how powerful a tool video really is. it's incredibly powerful. you're watching it. you know what's going to happen and yet there's nothing you can do about it. i've had veteran homicide detectives tell me, 15, 20 years in homicide and now that they're watching actual video of a person, how it affects them

martin took the stand to explain what was going on leading up to police arriving. >> do you recall what it was that you sold to him? >> a pack of cigarettes. >> reporter: martin said floyd seemed high. >> when i asked him if he played baseball, he went on to respond to that, but it kind of took him a little long so it would appear that he was high. >> reporter: and paid for cigarettes with an odd-looking $20 bill. he testified the store policy is if a cashier accepts counterfit money it comes out of their paycheck. >> i took it anyways and i was planning to just put it on my tab until i second guessed myself and as you can see in the video i kept examining it and then i eventually told my manager. >> the manager of the store asked another employee to call police on floyd after the teenage employees confronted floyd at his car twice. the when police eventually detained floyd, martin heard a commotion and went outside. >> george was motionless, limp and church auvin seemed very -- was in a resting state. >> the what was going through your mind at this point in time? >> disbelieve and guil