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Teen who filmed video of George Floyd’s death weeps at trial

Guardian, 31 Mar 2021
A Minneapolis teenager whose mobile phone video of Derek Chauvin's deadly arrest of George Floyd sparked worldwide protests, has wept on the witness stand as she described what she saw that day during the second day of the former policeman's murder trial. Darnella Frazier's face was kept off camera due to her young age, said, 'It's been nights I've stayed up apologising to George Floyd for not doing more'. Frazier was walking her 9-year-old cousin to buy snacks at a small grocery where moments earlier a worker had accused Floyd of using a fake $20 bill. Frazier then witnessed Chauvin with his knee on Floyd's neck. 'I heard George Floyd saying, "I can't breathe, please, get off of me, I can't breathe." He cried for his mom, he was in pain. He seemed like he knew it was over for him'

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