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The teen who recorded the killing of George Floyd in 2020 won a special Pulitzer Prize award

Jun 11, 2021, 23:59 IST
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A woman holds a placard depicting George Floyd's face and reading "I can't breathe" in Bordeaux, France, on June 9, 2020Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images
  • Darnella Frazier was awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize special citation on Friday.
  • Frazier, 18, recorded the killing of George Floyd on her phone last year.
  • On the anniversary of Floyd's death in May, Frazier, said she was proud of herself for filming the incident.
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Darnella Frazier, the teenager who recorded the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, won a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize board.

The special citation for Frazier was announced on Friday as the Pulitzer Prizes organization announced its 2021 recipients.

The organization said on its website that Frazier was being given the award for "courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world, highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quest for truth and justice."

On the anniversary of Floyd's death in May, Frazier, now 18, said she was proud of herself for filming the incident, in which now-fired Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for nine minutes during an arrest. Chauvin has since been convicted of murder and manslaughter.

"If it weren't for my video, the world wouldn't have known the truth," Frazier wrote.

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