Floyd’s brother sobs over baby photos

MINNEAPOLIS — The brother of George Floyd testified in court Monday how the two of them were close growing up in Texas and gave in to tears when a photo of their mother holding George as a baby was shown to the jury.

At the start of the third week of the Derek Chauvin murder trial in Hennepin County District Court, Philonise Floyd spoke of George’s devotion to their mother, saying, “He loved her so dearly.”

Philonise Floyd described the photo to jurors, saying, “That’s my mother, she’s no longer with us, but that’s my oldest brother George. I miss both of them,” he said, adding that his wedding anniversary is in May, but his brother and mother both died in the month of May. “It’s a bittersweet moment because I’m supposed to be happy when that month comes.”

George Floyd was able to speak to their mother on phone while she was in hospice care but didn’t see her before she died on May 30, 2018, Philonise said.

George repeatedly called out “Momma” to her at her funeral and wouldn’t leave the casket, the brother said.

Philonise said his brother’s relationship with his mother “was one of a kind. George, he would always be up on our mom. He was a big mama’s boy. … Every mother loves all of her kids but it’s so unique how they were. He would lay up on her like in the fetus position like he was in the womb.”

In family’s community, Philonise Floyd said that George “was one of those people in the community, when they had church outside, people would attend church just because he was there.