Maurice Lester Hall is a key witness in the state’s investigation into the four officers who had apprehended Floyd.
A man who was with George Floyd on the night he died said his friend did not resist arrest and instead tried to defuse the situation before he ended up handcuffed on the ground and pleading for air as an officer pressed a knee against his neck.
Maurice Lester Hall, a longtime friend of Floyd, was a passenger in Floyd’s car when police approached him 25 May as they responded to a call about someone using forged currency at a shop.
