The call to the police was made by an employee of Cup Foods, outside of where the arrest would take place, after Floyd reportedly tried to use a counterfeit $20 bill to purchase items from the store.
Caller: This is ah 3759 Chicago AV.Caller: Um someone comes our store and give us fake bills and we realize it before he left the store, and we ran back outside, they was sitting on their car.
Mahmoud Abumayyaleh, the co-owner of Cup Foods, told CNN:"After one of our staff identified the $20 bill was fake, Floyd was actually out of the establishment and outside [of the store]. My staff called the police, doing a practice protocol. And when the police arrived, Floyd was still outside and that's when they [police] approached him."
Abumayyaleh reviewed his shop's surveillance video after Floyd's death and told CNN"What I've seen was devastating, it was heartbreaking and our condolences go to the family and friends of George Floyd."Newsweek,
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