The teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd last summer wrote on Facebook on Tuesday that one of her own family members had been killed by a Minneapolis police officer. Darnella Frazier, the 18-year-old who was given a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation for the video, said that her uncle, Leneal Lamont Frazier, had been killed when his car was struck by a police officer speeding down a residential road in pursuit of a robbery suspect. “It’s not fair how the police can just go around killing people,” Frazier wrote. “You took an innocent life trying to catch someone else.”
2021/07/09 07:40 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Thursday the city will review its police pursuit policy after a chase that ended with an officer hitting and killing an innocent motorist. Frey called the crash that killed 40-year-old Leneal Frazier early Tuesday “a horrific tragedy.” Frazier was an uncle of Darnella Frazier, the teenager who captured cellphone video of George Floyd s death in May 2020 as he was being arrested by Minneapolis police. “Darnella, Leneal’s family and Minneapolis’ Black community have borne the weight of more trauma over the last year than anyone, let alone any young person, should be expected to endure in a lifetime, Frey said in a statement.
By Chuck Dizzle
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Tragedy has struck the family of Darnella Frazier, the teen who who filmed the murder of George Floyd.
In a recent Facebook post, the 18-year-old said her uncle, Leneal Lamont Frazier was killed in the crash after police collided with his car while in a car chase pursuit in Minneapolis. I honestly can’t believe I’m making this post right now.I’m so hurt.nothing feels real, she wrote in a Facebook post, adding that police took an innocent life trying to catch someone else.
Minneapolis police said in a statement that an officer was pursing the driver of a carjacked car involved in multiple robberies when the officer s car collided with another car, in which, Darnella s uncle was in.
By Chuck Dizzle
Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Tragedy has struck the family of Darnella Frazier, the teen who who filmed the murder of George Floyd.
In a recent Facebook post, the 18-year-old said her uncle, Leneal Lamont Frazier was killed in the crash after police collided with his car while in a car chase pursuit in Minneapolis. I honestly can’t believe I’m making this post right now.I’m so hurt.nothing feels real, she wrote in a Facebook post, adding that police took an innocent life trying to catch someone else.
Minneapolis police said in a statement that an officer was pursing the driver of a carjacked car involved in multiple robberies when the officer s car collided with another car, in which, Darnella s uncle was in.
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