Outspoken Anti-Cop Firefighter Is Excoriated By Judge For Arguing With Council

The second day of trial ended abruptly during the testimony of a Minneapolis firefighter Genevieve Hansen. Hansen was off-duty and on a walk on the evening of May 25, 2020, when she came across a commotion at Cup Foods at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue.

Hansen said she saw lights and figured firefighters, her colleagues, were on scene so she began walking toward the area.

"There was a woman across the street screaming that they were killing him so that is when I was alerted the situation wasn’t a basic medical call," she said.

During her testimony, Hansen said that had she been allowed to provide medical assistance she would have asked someone to run to a nearby gas station to look for an AED — an automated external defibrillator — and checked Floyd's airway and pulse.

Upon cross-examination, defense attorney Eric Nelson asked Hansen how she would respond if she was fighting a fire and had citizens yelling at her.

"I’m confident in my job and what I do and what needs to be done and my training so I would continue to do that," she said.

Toward the end of the day, Judge Peter Cahill dismissed the jury and scolded Hansen not to argue with the court or counsel.