“He was terrified. He was in pain. He called his mother. He looked like he knew it was over for him. ” Darnella Frazier recalls, her voice broken with sobs, the scene she attended on May 25, 2020. It was she who filmed the agony of George Floyd for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, images that quickly made the around the planet and caused an unprecedented wave of dread and anger. Minor at the time of the facts – she only celebrated her 18th birthday last week – she is not filmed during the hearing. Of her, there remains only the voice. And a lot of emotion. Especially when it comes to recognizing the accused, a few meters from her, behind her plexiglass wall.
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