Answer to: Pulitzer Prize 2021 gave a special citation to which young woman who took out her cellphone to record the killing of George Floyd?
A: Les Payne
B: Darnella Frazier
C: Natalie Diaz
D: Katori Hall
Answer: Darnella Frazier
Darnella Frazier is an American woman who video recorded the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and then posted her video on Facebook. The video undermined the initial account of Floyd’s death by the Minneapolis Police Department and led to criminal charges against four police officers. She testified during the trial that ended with the conviction of Derek Chauvin on murder charges. She received a special award and citation from the Pulitzer Prize board in 2021.
On May 25, 2020, Frazier walked to the Cup Foods grocery store with her nine-year-old cousin, who wanted to buy snacks. Before they could enter the store, they saw the police restraining George Floyd on the pavement. Frazier sent her cousin into the store and then began filming the encounter with her phone. Twenty seconds after she started filming, Floyd said “I can’t breathe”, which was repeated by protesters worldwide on the days and weeks that followed. The video showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck until he died, and records Floyd’s distressed comments, such as, “My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts. I need some water or something, please. Please,” and “They’re going to kill me, man,” and then, “Don’t kill me.”He called out for his “Mama” and said, “I’m through”. Her video lasted ten minutes and nine seconds until Floyd’s lifeless body was carried away on a stretcher
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