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Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed George Floyd’s murder, awarded a Pulitzer citation
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The Pulitzer Prize board awarded a special citation on Friday to Darnella Frazier, the teenager whose cellphone footage of George Floyd’s murder last summer led to massive protests and sparked a racial recokening in the country.
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© Nicole Neri/Reuters Murals, flowers, and offerings sit behind barricades moved by city employees after reopening of George Floyd Square began, the area where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis police custody the year before, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Nicole NeriFrazier was 17 at the time she filmed Floyd’s death under the knee of Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, and she testified at Chauvin’s trial where he would eventually be convicted. Her video contradicted the initial police account of Floyd’s death.
In announcing the citation, the board said Frazier received the 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."
In advance of Friday’s announcement, some media observers had been calling for the Pulitzer Board to give Frazier an award, including four-time former Pulitzer juror Roy Peter Clark.
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