Fulford mate. Given my quick search shows the area the bill was used in has a big problem with counterfeits that they deal with at the till or latterly the Police check the wallet/person/car to see if it was a one off or not.
The photos doing the rounds aren't in situ as they should be (at least by our law if you want a photograph to be proper evidence), they have been placed for the shot for effect - so become a catalogue shot which is secondary evidence at best and highly open to debate if used as primary evidence.
If the area is high in fake bills, it's just as likely he wasn't aware as he was - and all other information suggests he was out of that life, so you revert to the former.
There's an unqualified claim the 'bill's ink' was running - in which case no shop accepts it anyway. And given the bill claims come from the force which effectively went on strike and others resigned over their solidarity with a copper who killed him, I kind of know who I'm likely to believe.
Especially as other reports suggest the Police cannot now produce these notes as if they have disappeared into the ether (under the guise of investigations)....whilst also not having in situ photos to back up their existence in the car anyway.
Let alone the claim that Floyd willingly used fake notes and then didn't even have the decency to drive off as if he was waiting for the cops to arrive?
Come on mate, something is fishy here.
The transcripts/body cam footage as per
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemima...ney-escalated-into-the-death-of-george-floyd/
He was taken away from the car over the street. He was already bleeding from the head as he accidentally made contact with a car. The officers acted like medical professionals in diagnosing him. (yes the ME later found traces of fentanyl - but nobody has yet said he wasn't taking it illegally).
From the above link.
"A few seconds later, according to the transcript, Lane alerted Chauvin that Floyd may have passed out; after being pressured by an off-duty firefighter to check Floyd’s pulse, Keung said he couldn’t find one, to which Chauvin replied “Huh?”, only taking his knee off Floyd’s neck when asked by a paramedic who arrived two minutes later."
So he keeps his knee on the neck of someone for two minutes who doesn't have a pulse.
And all the above information comes from an 82 page transcript in defence of the cops - ie his lawyers.
And we all know defence attorneys are the bastions of truth don't we.