Poet Reads Darnella Frazier’s Powerful Statement On George Floyd

Darnella Frazier, the teenager who filmed George Floyd’s murder, pays tribute to him on the one-year anniversary of his death. The author and poet Caroline Randall Williams reads her powerful statement.
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21 comments

  1. I cannot believe that again Darnella has pulled tears from the eyes of a crotchety old man to whom she is a hero. Her testimony was the first time and now this! Thanks, The Last Word and especially Ms. Caroline Randall Williams.

  2. Ms. Frazier has a beautiful way with words. Prof. Caroline Randle Williams read it beautifully and emoted its essence. Excellent.

  3. George Floyd’s heart wasn’t to big, derek Chauvin’s heart was to small 😢 Thanks to all the upstanding jurors the

  4. Well done Darnella Frazier. You were so young to have witnessed the horror of that day. It traumatized the nation.

  5. Beautifully written,beautifully spoken! It’s a travesty it took a young woman’s video to force the police to do the right thing!….after killing a man…Is this who we really are?

  6. Ms. Frazier’s statement is so powerful, and her clear, simple writing is so effective…she is a remarkable young women who history chose for a special role. She is a person of conscience and valor. I wish her all the very best. Thank you, Darnella Frazier, for lending us your conscience and moral outrage.

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