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George Floyd and Derek Chauvin 'bumped heads' at the nightclub where they both worked because of Chauvin's aggression with clients, former coworker says
While it was previously reported that Floyd and Chauvin's time working at El Nuevo Rodeo overlapped, it had been unclear whether they actually met on the job.
The former owner Maya Santamaria said in previous interviews that she was unsure whether the two interacted but that Floyd worked as a bouncer inside the club while Chauvin patrolled outside the club while off-duty as a police officer.
But David Pinney, who also worked at the club, told CBS on Tuesday that the two did meet before the fatal encounter on May 25 when Chauvin, then arresting him as a police officer, knelt on Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes.
Pinney said there was no doubt in his mind that the two knew each other and knew each other "pretty well."
"They bumped heads," Pinney said of the two, adding that their issues had "a lot to do with Derek being extremely aggressive within the club with some of the patrons, which was an issue."
In a previous interview with KSTP, Santamaria said that Chauvin worked for the club for the 17 years it was open and that Floyd worked as a bouncer there in 2019.
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