“When I saw that video of him in the store, that’s us, laughing, dancing, you know what I am saying? And to know that he got killed. The police were called to the store when it was suspected Floyd used a fake $20 bill to buy cigarettes. The video showed Floyd at times fidgety, but other times laughing and being playful. Jones said it was particularly hard to watch the surveillance camera footage from Cup Foods, the convenience store Floyd was in before he died. “It’s like somebody sticks their hand in your chest and rips your heart out.” Jones said it has been hard to relive Floyd’s death in the trial. “You see somebody that you loved and cherished for 45, 46 years and one day he’s gone.” Jones said the defence using his drug addiction to blame his death is painful On Friday, after the first week of the Chauvin murder trial concluded, Jones spoke exclusively to Al Jazeera. Jones, 54, and his wife, Joie, are in Minneapolis to accompany the trail. That all changed on May 25, 2020, when George Floyd was killed after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on Floyd’s neck for 9.29 seconds, sparking worldwide protests against police brutality. Their day-to-day life is far removed from the epicentre of the fight for racial justice against police brutality. He and his wife run a hotel in the town with a population of 1,300 people.
Minneapolis, US – Selwyn Jones lived a quiet life in the small town of Gettysburg, South Dakota.
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