Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed George Floyd's last moments, pens heartfelt tribute on anniversary of his death
- Darnella Frazier, then age 17, filmed George Floyd being killed by Derek Chauvin a year ago.
- She penned a heartfelt tribute to Floyd on her Facebook page on the year anniversary of his death.
Darnella Frazier, the Black teenager who filmed George Floyd's death a year ago, penned a heartfelt tribute to Floyd on her Facebook page.
Floyd was killed by former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin, who kneeled on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes after Floyd was arrested and detained on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. In April, Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
Frazier's 10-minute-long video helped spark a nationwide uprising against police brutality.
"I was only 17 at the time, just a normal day for me walking my 9-year-old cousin to the corner store, not even prepared for what I was about to see, not even knowing my life was going to change on this exact day in those exact moments... it did," she wrote one year later. "It changed me. It changed how I viewed life. It made me realize how dangerous it is to be Black in America."