Darnella Frazier, the teenager who recorded the killing of George Floyd on her cell phone, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation today.In announcing the honor, the Pulitzer committee cited Frazier “for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world highlighting the crucial role in citizens in journalistic quests for truth and justice.”Frazier was just 17 when, while walking with her nine-year-old cousin on a Minneapolis sidewalk, she instinctively began recording the murder of Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, who kneeled on the handcuffed Floyd’s neck as onlookers pleaded with him to relent.
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