Teenager who shot Floyd video tells trial he was ‘begging for his life’

Teenager who shot Floyd video tells trial he was ‘begging for his life’
(John Minchillo/AP)

The teenager who shot a harrowing video of George Floyd under the knee of the Minneapolis police officer charged with his murder has told a court she began recording because “it wasn’t right, he was suffering, he was in pain”.

Darnella Frazier, 18, said she was walking to a convenience store with her younger cousin when she came upon the officers, and sent the girl into the store because she did not want her to see “a man terrified, scared, begging for his life”.

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