Darnella Frazier is an African American teenager from Minnesota who documented the death of George Perry Floyd Jr. The teen with her little cousin was at the Cup Foods convenience store at the intersection when she witnessed Floyd’s arrest.
George Floyd was under arrest for a counterfeit $20 bill. Derek Chauvin, one of four police officers who arrived on the scene, knelt on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. After the recorded video went viral, it uplifted the #BLACKLIVESMATTER movement. Some people also outbursted online with rage after such inhumanity.
| Name | Darnella Frazier |
| Age | 18 |
| darnella_frazier03 |
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
Who Is Darnella Frazier?
Darnella Frazier is an African American teenager known for documenting the video of George Floyd before his death. She is 18 years old in 2021 and currently lives in Minnesota. Frazier received the 2020 PEN/Benenson Courage Award at a virtual celebration on December 8.
Know About Her Recent Testimony
The teenager who recorded the shocking video showing George Floyd’s death testified in Derek Chauvin’s Murder Trial. She was 17 when she filmed George Floyd.
Tuesday in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, telling attorneys the incident has shifted her life. The teenager told prosecutor Jerry Blackwell looking at Floyd; she saw her Black relatives and friends. “That could’ve been one of them.”
Her statement: “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.”
She added, “When I look at George Floyd, I look at my dad, I look at brothers, I look at my cousins, my uncles because they are all black. ..I have black friends & I look at that & I look at that how that could have been one of them.”
Find Darnella On Twitter And Instagram
Darnella Frazier, although she has a Twitter account with the username @frazierdarnella. She is not much active on her Twitter account. However, she is active on her Instagram.
Fraizer has her Instagram under the username @darnella_frazier03. At the moment, her Instagram account endures 10k followers and 75 Instagram posts.
Darnella On Interview
After the heartbreaking video went viral, she also came to many journalists’ attention as one of the witnesses of the incident.
In an interview, Darnella Frazier was visibly distraught over Floyd’s death. She spoke about being haunted by the fact that she did not do anything to save him. But she added, “It’s like, it’s not what I should have done. It’s what he should have done.”