MINNEAPOLIS: A man who was among the onlookers shouting at a Minneapolis police officer to get off George Floyd last May testified on Tuesday that he called 911 after paramedics took Floyd away, because I believed I witnessed a murder.

Donald Williams, a former wrestler, returned to the witness stand a day after describing seeing Floyd struggle for air and his eyes roll back into his head. He said he watched Floyd slowly fade away ... like a fish in a bag.

Prosecutor Matthew Frank played back Williams 911 call, on which he is heard identifying officer Derek Chauvin by his badge number and telling the dispatcher that Chauvin had been keeping his knee on Floyd’s neck despite warnings that Floyd’s life was in danger.

Published in Dawn, March 31st, 2021