A security guard who worked with Derek Chauvin and George Floyd claimed that the two men often “bumped heads” while working together at a Minneapolis nightclub.
According to David Pinney, the former police officer, who has been charged with second-degree murder after the death of George Floyd, was “extremely aggressive within the club with some of the patrons.”
As the security guard added, Floyd and Chauvin would bump heads while working at the nightclub due to the fired cop’s aggressive approach.
In an interview with CBS News, Pinney also insisted that Chauvin most likely recognized Floyd during the time of his arrest.
Previously, in May, owner Maya Santamaria confirmed that Floyd and Chauvin worked together as security personnel at the same nightclub.
“Chauvin was our off-duty police for almost the entirety of the 17 years that we were open,” Santamaria said in an interview with KSTP-TV.
Speaking to CBS, she also revealed that Chauvin “had a real short fuse” and used to be “afraid and intimidated” by people of color.
“He sometimes had a real short fuse and he seemed afraid… When there was an altercation he always resorted to pulling out his mace and pepper-spraying everybody right away, even if I felt it was unwarranted,” Santamaria said.
Following over two weeks since Floyd’s unwarranted death, former police officer Chauvin remains in custody with his bail set at $1.25 million. He has been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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