Teen Who Filmed Floyd’s Murder Weeps During Trial

Reuters reports:

The Minneapolis teenager whose cellphone video of Derek Chauvin’s deadly arrest of George Floyd sparked worldwide protests began weeping as she was shown an image from the video at the former policeman’s murder trial on Tuesday.

Darnella Frazier, 18, was walking her 9-year-old cousin to buy some snacks at Cup Foods, where a worker had moments before accused Floyd of using a fake $20 bill, when she saw police arresting Floyd on the road outside.

She told the jury she saw “a man terrified, scared, begging for his life,” and so ensured her cousin was safely inside the store, out of sight, before pulling out her cellphone.

Read the full article. Note: Frazier doesn’t appear on camera.

‘When I look at George Floyd, I look at my dad, I look at my brothers, I look at my cousins, my uncles because they’re all Black. And I look at that and I look at how that could have been one of them,’ says teen who took viral video — via @ABC News https://t.co/Mbol9IgYr1 pic.twitter.com/KIraUKROtL

— Bill Hutchinson (@bill_hutchinson) March 30, 2021

“I believe I witnessed a murder,” a man who saw George Floyd’s death told a jury today. “So I felt I needed to call the police on the police.” https://t.co/tZc1N33FkZ

— Colleen Jenkins (@colleenjenk) March 30, 2021

‘I stayed up apologizing and apologizing to George Floyd for not doing more in not physically interacting and not saving his life’ — Darnella Frazier, whose video of George Floyd’s arrest went viral, testified during Derek Chauvin’s murder trial on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/fQtqCFGliW

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 30, 2021

Darnella Frazier, at 17, changed the world by filming George Floyd’s death.

Her video is at the heart of this trial, the $27M settlement for Floyd’s family, the national racial reckoning, and so much more.

And, she is haunted by what more she could have done.

My goodness.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) March 30, 2021

Darnella Frazier who filmed death of George Floyd at 17: “There have been nights I stayed up apologizing & apologizing to George Floyd for not doing more & not physically interacting & not saving his life. But it’s like not what I should have done, it’s what he should have done.”

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) March 30, 2021