She has several siblings. The video played a major role in igniting a global protest movement against police violence, and was used as evidence in the trial of Floyd's killer. [3] Described by her lawyer as a normal teenager "with a boyfriend and a job at the mall," Frazier was a high school junior at the time of Floyd's murder. The world needed to see what I was seeing, she told the Star Tribune last year. Its what he should have done.. I would get up if I could, something like that., She said Chauvin had like this cold look. Your donation is protected by the GoFundMe Giving Guarantee. Everything hurts. She was the eyewitness who filmed the now infamous cell phone video of Derek Chauvins knee on the neck of George Floyd. Her cell phone video is one of the prosecution's central pieces of evidence. If it does not change the type of activity, then the prospects for increasing capital in the future are very Fraziers Pulitzer Prize is significant because, in more than a century, the board has never recognized an act of journalism conducted without the imprimatur of a newsroom. The world needed to see what I was seeing, she told the Star Tribune last year. I knew that he was in pain. Darnella Frazier was born and raised in Saint Paul[2] and later attended Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. The OFFICIAL Peace and Healing for Darnella Fund $712,390 raised of $1,000,000 goal Donate now Team fundraiser Mica Cole Kamenski and Angela Shelby The Melvin Carter, the mayor of St. Paul, Minn., had even previously suggested Frazier should win the Pulitzer Prize for taping the arrest that would later go viral. A child had to witness and publish proof of a modern-day lynching for the gatekeepers to recognize the value and import of citizen journalism. Jenny Singer is a staff writer for Glamour. Ms. Frazier wore a hoodie over her head and comfortable blue pants, while her cousin, petite with a poof of hair, wore a teal T-shirt that said Love.. Because they are all black. Heartless.. He was unresponsive. White folks: You woke now? The defense has said that the crowd influenced the way the police responded after arriving on the scene. "[20] On June 11, 2021, the Pulitzer Prize board issued Frazier a special award and citation, for, "courageously reporting 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. Both were otherwise widely ignored by the press and covered up by the government; neither was acknowledged by the Pulitzer committee, which honored Harold Littledale for his series of articles in 1917 about abuses in a New Jersey state prison, and Louis Seibold for his 1920 interview with President Woodrow Wilson. I look at my brothers. Not only did this affect me, my family too. No type of sympathy