when i began reading darnell la fraser s written statement about what she experienced since she recorded the video of george floyd s murder. i thought i would read it to you tonight, a few sentences in i realized i couldn t. called poet who teaches at vanderbilt and asked her to read it for us. she agreed to do it before she read the statement. 18-year-old s statement given voice tonight by caroline randall williams. a year ago today i witnessed a murder. the victim s name was george floyd. although it wasn t the first
frazier s written statement today about what she experienced in the year since she recorded the video of george floyd s murder, i thought i would read it to you here tonight. a few sentences in though, i realized i couldn t. i called author and poet caroline randall who teaches at vanderbilt that university. she agreed to read it for us before she read daniela frazier s statement. here is 18 year old darnella frazier statement read by carroll randall. a witness ago to a year ago today witnessed a murder. the victim s name was george floyd. although it wasn t the first time i had seen a black man get killed at the hands of the police, this is the first time
willing to blow the whistle, he would have gotten away with it. instead, he got caught. he tried to cheat, and he got caught. now, this wasn t the first time. as a candidate in 2016, donald trump invited russian interference in his presidential campaign saying in a campaign rally, russia, if you re listening, i hope you re able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. a clear invitation to hack hillary clinton s e-mails. just five hours later, russian gift hackers tried to do exactly that. what followed was an immense russian hacks and dumping operation and social media disinformation campaign designed to help elect donald trump. not only did candidate trump welcome that effort, but he made full use of it. building it into his campaign plan, his messaging strategy and
re-election prospects. but for the courage of someone willing to blow the whistle, he would have gotten away with it. instead, he got caught. he tried to cheat and he got caught. now this wasn t the first time as a candidate in 2016 donald trump invited russian interference into his presidential campaign saying at a campaign rally, russia, if you re listening, i hope you are able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing, a clear invitation to hack hillary clinton s emails. just five hours later, russian government hackers tried to do exactly that. what followed was an immense russian hacking and dumping operation and a social media disinformation campaign designed to help elect donald trump. not only did candidate trump
the pastor and his church sacrificed their own needs to send money to the victims of katrina. and when marie carlson needed help, they took her in too. it s what pastors do for their congregation. reporter: but now? i m left with a missing person who s just vanished off this earth. reporter: a week and a half after marie vanished, or drove away, or whatever she did, the detectives went calling on the flanders. who said they fully expected marie would return soon. this wasn t the first time she took spur of the moment trips, they said. never to the point where she had to be reported to law enforcement missing, though. she came back. reporter: although the flanders told the detectives they were quite worried about marie s state of mind. they noticed a downward spiral. reporter: that she was going into a depression or something? she might be going into a depression state, yes. reporter: thing was, said the pastor and his wife, marie could