After arriving home from school today, I turned on the television to learn that the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial had reached a verdict:
Guilty on all three counts in the death of George Floyd.
I thought of Darnella Frazier, the then-17-year-old who filmed Floyd’s death at the hands of Chauvin.
Darnella Frazier, a 17-year-old with a Smart phone doing what usually aggravates me as a teacher of high school students.
Those kids. Always on their phones. Reliant upon those phones and social media for everything.
Thank God for Darnella Frazier, who filmed a terrible incident and posted it to social media– and whose actions provided the ugly truth of those 10 minutes, placing it front and center for a country that cannot deny the video’s ugliness.
Thank God for Darnella Frazier, who helped our country make a critical, relief-laden shift toward the American Pledge of Liberty and Justice for All.
Thank you, Darnella.
