A 10-year-old witness testifying against Derek Chauvin said Wednesday that he was “kinda proud” that he helped convict him for the murder of George Floyd – and is now writing a book about it.
Judy Reynolds – who was nine when she witnessed Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last May – Told “Good Morning America” How she watches Tuesday’s decision on TV at home with her parents.
“My mother said that we have brought change. My father said that we won, ”he said with a wide smile.
Asked how he felt, he politely said, “Kinda proud.”
While he was taking Floyd to the ground, Young begged Chauvin – when prosecutors said a plea showed that a child also knew that the Minneapolis policeman was doing wrong.
Judahy tells Robin Roberts that she is now writing a book about her experience, called “Judy’s Walk to the Store”.
He hopes the story will “teach people to be brave and change their story”, he told the ABC show.
LaToya Turk, a family friend who is supporting Juday and giving mental health care to her family, calls the youngster a “history changer”.
“Her persistence about going to the store that day has changed policing in the US,” she said, receiving snacks for the youngster’s visit that ended with Floyd’s heart-wrenching murder.
Turk said, “I don’t believe I think he has changed the world.”
Another key witness, former MMA fighter Donald Williams, 33, also told “GMA” of his pride in giving evidence, which would help bring “much-needed” change.
He recalled his tears on the stand, saying – he was overwhelmed to avoid it for nearly a year after watching a video of Floyd’s death.
He said it was “heart-wrenching” and “very, very emotional to re-present that scene in court.”
He believed that his history in martial arts helped give important testimony because it helped him “explain a picture to the world and portray what I was really seeing, and knew what I was speaking.” Am “” kill choke “trick.
In an eccentric moment, Williams told interviewer Michael Strahan that he was “really sweating a little” talking to him – because the ex-football player was “one of my favorite defensive players.”
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