George Floyd and officer who kneeled on his neck had worked at same nightclub, former owner says

[JustGene]

Source: Nbc News

George Floyd worked at the same local nightclub as the Minneapolis police officer who was shown on video kneeling on Floyd's neck as he said, "I can't breathe."

Floyd, who died in police custody after his arrest on Monday, would occasionally provide security inside El Nuevo Rodeo club, according to former owner Maya Santamaria, who has since sold the club.


Although Floyd and Chauvin worked at the nightclub at the same time, Santamaria said she doesn't believe they knew each other since they worked in different areas.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/george-floyd-officer-who-kneeled-his-neck-had-worked-same-n1217976

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Still doesnt look good

[bucolic_frolic]

1. They're going to probe that one

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. The murderer was on the outside. Floyd was on the inside. . . . nt

[irisblue]

3. Murderer gotta hit the loo sometime inside. nt

[truthisfreedom]

4. Murdercop had a grudge, maybe?

[padfun]

5. They knew each other

Unless you work there for only days, you will meet everyone who works in a club. Even those on other shifts. Especially if you work in any security position. You need to know those things and they are not that big.

I worked in a building of 2000 people and knew anyone who had worked there for more than a year, about 1000 or so.

[Roc2020]

6. quite a development

small chance they did not run across each other. which means there is some kind of history there. hope it all comes out. I'm very curious.

[progree]

7. "did not like to work the African American nights .. would spray people with mace and call 4 police"

https://news.yahoo.com/george-floyd-protesters-set-minneapolis-055809705.html

The owner of a popular Latin nightclub said that Floyd and Chauvin both worked as security guards at the club as recently as the end of last year, but it’s not clear whether they worked together. Chauvin worked at the El Nuevo Rodeo club as an off-duty security guard for nearly two decades, but Floyd had only worked there more recently for about a dozen events that featured African-American music, Maya Santamaria told The Associated Press.

Santamaria said if Chauvin had recognized Floyd, “he might have given him a little more mercy.”

Santamaria, who sold the venue within the past two months, said Chauvin got along well with the regular Latino customers, but did not like to work the African American nights. When he did, and there was a fight, he would spray people with mace and call for police backup and half-dozen squad cars would soon show up, something she felt was unjustified “overkill”.

Even though Floyd was there only for about a dozen events, he probably would have heard of, at the very least, about that other security guard's propensity for macing and calling the police.

An odd thing about the story is that no bar or club owner wants to have a record of having a lot of police incidents -- that can be an issue when trying to renew (or keep) one's liquor license. So why did they keep him on for nearly two decades? Even without the liquor license / reputation concerns, why did they keep hiring someone who had a propensity for unjustified overkill?

Edited to add a little more detailed version --

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/29/george-floyd-derek-chauvin-worked-security-at-same-minneapolis-nightclub/

George Floyd, Derek Chauvin Worked Security At Same Minneapolis Nightclub, AP, 5/29/20
What she is certain of is how aggressive Officer Derek Chauvin became when the club hosted events that drew a mainly black clientele, responding to fights by taking out his mace and spraying the crowd, a tactic she told him was unjustified “overkill.”

“He would mace everyone instead of apprehending the people who were fighting,” said Maya Santamaria, former owner of El Nuevo Rodeo club in Minneapolis. “He would call backup. The next thing you would know, there would be five or six squad cars.”

“I told him I thought this is unnecessary to be pepper-sprayed. The knee-jerk reaction of being afraid, it seemed overkill,” Santamaria said. “It was a concern and I did voice my opinion, but police officers have a way of justifying what they do.”

[hadEnuf]

8. Inside and outside security at a nightclub of any decent size stay in touch by radio.

That's because if more help is needed in either area they can get backup quickly and get it contained, rather than leave the scene of the problem to go and look for assistance.

Very high probability the knew of each other.

[JustGene]

9. I believe Floyd worked for a DJ nt