but they did not have darnella frazier's courage.s sense of duty to the sanctity of another -- the sanctity of life of another human being. derek chauvin is in jail tonight awaiting a sentence that could leave him in prison for the rest of his life. and that happened because darnella frazier pressed record on her phone, because she knew something had to be done for george floyd and that was the only thing she could do. tonight on her facebook page where she posted her video of george floyd taking his last breath darnella frazier wrote, "i just cried so hard. this last hour my heart was beating so fast. i was so anxious. anxiety buzzing through the roof. but to know guilty on all three charges. thank you god. thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. george floyd, we did it. just has been served." darnella frazier gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now.

darnella frazier, and mckee have brined. they aren't that far apart in age, darnella being a teenage girl who is the reason why there was a trial at all. you have talked about her a lot on this show, she was brave enough to take in the trauma of watching amanda in front of her and filament. she's the region george floyd went from being wet minneapolis police claim was someone who died of a medical incident, you know, in casual context of police. the even lied about it. to being somebody who really could change the world, as is daughter said. and the 15 year old who is dead tonight on the same night we got this verdict, that is such a relief to so many people, she called the police because there was an incident taking place at her foster home, and now she's dead. police shot her in the chest and killed her. so, i'm half relieved. i'm partly exhausted emotionally. and i'm not sure where this gets us long term, because police are still police, and they are still doing the same thing. lice are>> i'm glad you mentiond darnell afr

he was in pain. >> that's the voice of darnella frazier.d posted online was seen by millions around the globe. the world needed to see what i was seeing she told the star tribune in minneapolis at the time. derek chauvin with his knee to george floyd's neck. dar darnella kept recording. george floyd pleading fo help and taking his final breath, darnella kept reporting. remarkable composure forry high school student who was just 17. yet there she stood on the corner of 38th street and chicago avenue south in her blue pants, hoodie and flip-flops. she hit record because, as she told "the star tribune," stuff like this happens in silence too many times. at the trial, darnella would not be silenced as she and her video became star witnesses. >> did you observe mr. floyd do anything that you felt was threatening to any of the police officers? >> no. >> unlike the officers she had videotaped, this teenager knew the difference between right and wrong. >> it wasn't right. >> her video changed the narrative and torpedoed the minneapolis police depar

her name is darnella frazier.f minneapolis, darnella took her cousin on a walk to get a snack. she saw it, the knee of minneapolis police officer derek chauvin on the neck of george floyd. it stopped her in her tracks, and she bore witness, not only herself, but for the world. she pulled out her phone, hit record and held it steady, not flinching, perhaps knowing the world needed to see this for any hope of justice to be served. >> i heard george floyd saying, i can't breathe, please get off of me, i can't breathe. he cried for his mom. he was in pain. it seemed like he knew -- seemed like he knew it was over for him. he was terrified. he was suffering. >> and then she also said this ot the witness stand. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad, i look at my brothers, i like at my cousins, my uncles because they are all black. i have a black father. i have a black brother. >> the day after george floyd was murdered, 17-year-old darnella frazier told her ohm town paper, the minneapolis star tribune, as soo

and i'm grateful that darnella frazier learned that this was a guilty verdict on all counts and that she's relieved and i'm hoping and thinking that the others in that crowd will have some sense of relief and the family, also, will have some sense of relief, obviously they'll never be the same again, but i do think that having this guilty verdict really makes a difference. i remember when george floyd's daughter was being held up on, i think it was her uncle's shoulders and she said, my father made a difference. her father really has made a difference. this is clearly a tipping point, and i think perhaps going forward we will see more guilty verdicts, when the evidence supports exactly that. >> terri austin with us from the law and crime network. terri, thank you. and stick with us here, as our coverage continues. we are just learning at this hour of a statement from former president barack obama and i know we're expecting a statement later this evening from president biden and from vice president kamala harris. president obama saying, today, the jury did the right thing. for almost

tonight, david, we're hearing from darnella frazier, that young woman who posted and shared that video that we've all seen. she tweeted tonight, "george floyd, we did it. justice has been served." david? >> darnella frazier reaffecting to the news today and remembering her on the witness stand, saying she's cried many a night wondering if she could have done more for george floyd. alex perez leading us off tonight, thank you. and of course, there's already strong reaction and moving reactions copping in from across this country. george floyd's death sparked demonstrations and protests and conversations, including people from various races and backgrounds across this country. parents bringing their children out to these protests. is in minneapolis with what vis- we're seeing so far. >> reporter: tonight, the crowd outside cup foods in minneapolis erupting in cheers as they learned of derek chauvin's conviction in george floyd's death. at the u.s. capitol, members of the congressional black caucus clasping hands as they listened to the verdicts. the disturbing video of chauvin with his k

he was in pain. >> reporter: that's the voice of darnella frazier.tifying in the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. the cell phone video she took at the scene and posted online was seen by millions around the globe. the world needed to see what i was seeing, she told the star tribune newspaper in minneapolis at the time. darnella kept recording for ten minutes. derek chauvin with his knee to george floyd's neck. darnella kept recording. george floyd pleading for help, taking his final breath. darnella kept recording. remarkable composure for a high school student who was just 17. yet there she stood on the corner of 38th street and chicago avenue south in her blue pant, hoodie and flip-flops. she hit record because as she told the star tribune, stuff like this happens in silence too many times. at the trial, darnella would not be silenced as she and her video became star witnesses. >> did you observe mr. floyd do anything you felt was threatening to any of the police officers? >> no. >> reporter: unlike the officers she

. >> nikole, i've been thinking about darnella frazier today who was a 17-year-old who videotape, who taped it on her phone, and keith ellison said this thing and we showed you the picture before of this -- this moment tore the conscious of everyone who sought in the moment, one police officer on george floyd, three of them are watching, and every pastor by from different walks of life, not train just people going to the store realize that they were witnessing an atrocity, essentially, and but for the bravery of darnella frazier recording it, we may not be here right now. >> absolutely. what this shows is something that i've been trying to talk about as a journalist for quite some time now is that we get law enforcement different and their count of the straw is when they kill civilians. some people on twitter were sharing the original statement that the minneapolis police put out at george floyd's death and they say that they interrupted a jury in progress, he resisted and as they were able to get him subdued that he went into a medical crisis, they call the police and then he died at

and but for the bravery of darnella frazier recording it, we may not be here right now. >> absolutely. what this shows is what i've been trying to talk about for far too long. we give law enforcement far too much deference in their account of the story when they kill civilians. people on twitter, journalists, were sharing the original statement that the minneapolis police put out at george floyd's death. they said that they interrupted a forgery in progress, that he resisted arrest. . and then as they were able to get him kind of subdued that he went into a medical crisis, they called the police and he died at the hospital. far too often as in the walter scott case, we see police giving one narrative. that is not true. and it is up to citizens who are now filming police on their smartphones to really contradict the narrative of police. it's not often that journalists are the ones who are contra jikting the narrative of police. it shouldn't be a society where we're not all doing our jobs to bear witness, where we are not questioning when those who are armed with the legitimacy of the s

reporter: the naacp in north carolina where george floyd was born released a statement, saying darnella frazier'sideo will go down in history. comparing it to the zapruder film, which captured the assassination of president john f. kennedy. but for darnella, hitting the record button wasn't just for george floyd. she saw the people she loves. >> i have a black father, a black brother, black friends. that could have been one of them. >> randi, thank you so much. a huge milestone in the fight against covid. president joe biden saying the number of vaccines in arms is now double his initial promise. prevents crab grass and feeds your lawn. all three,in just one bag. i like that. scotts turf builder triple action. it's lawn season. let's get to the yard. so what's going on? [dog] i'm a talking dog. the other issue. [dog] oh...i'm scratching like crazy. you've got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. apoquel can work on that itch in as little as 4 hours, whether it's a new or chronic problem. and apoquel's treated over 9 million dogs. [dog] nice. and... the talking dog thing? is it bothering you

darnella frazier gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> and good evening once again. day 91 of the biden administration, though tonight in minneapolis at the intersection that has become a memorial known as george floyd square, peaceful crowds gathered yet again not to protest but to mark a change. a new message of accountability and just perhaps a bellwether moment in the relationship between law enforcement in our country and communities of color. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is now in a jail cell after being convicted of murder in the death of george floyd. late this afternoon after some ten hours of deliberations in all the jury said it had reached a verdict. >> count 1, unintentional second-degree murder, guilty. count 2, third-degree murder, guilty. count 3, second-degree manslaughter, guilty. >> and with that it was all over. the jury was dismissed. court officers went over to chauvin, placed him in handcuffs, led him out of the room to await sentencing two month

you get home safely. >> darnella frazier. she's a 17-year-old high school student who, upon seeing the restraint of george floyd, her response was to pull out the cell phone and start recording and then sought to upload it to facebook. her perception of the event, her perspective of the event. she didn't even know officer king was there because her vision was blocked by the squad car. she began recording at 8:20 and 51 seconds. he spent the day fishing with his son, stopping for a drink when he became aware of the incident. he described his view of this based upon his perception as a mixed martial artist, all right? he has a set of experiences that caused him to react in a different way. what he perceived was happening was that mr. floyd was being choked with a blood choke. i think we're past this at this point. the paramedic reached in, touched the carotid artery. to have a person rendered unconscious through a choke requires the blockage of both carotid arteries. this was not a neck restraint. this was not a chokehold. he w

we are here today because of darnella frazier and darnella frazier alone. >> it took the video, 9 minutes and 30 seconds and then it took in addition to that, these police officers taking the stand, and in addition to that, aie a year's worth of protest and reckoning. >> back to that video and i thought about this over and over again during the trial. one of the significaarts was that she never stopped shooting. so you saw the entire thing, and so you were able to watch just how sad it was. >> it took me back to philando castile and his girlfriend. her boyfriend was sitting slumped across beside her. >> yeah. >> her daughter in the backseat and the fact that these women stood there and were -- bore witness to history. >> yes. >> bore witness. >> there is poise from those women. it is a story of technology. you think of the journey from the rodney couple camcorder to what we now all have in our phones and it's the phone camera that makes the difference. it's not the one across the street. it's not the police body camera. it's that bystander perspective that makes today possible. >> it's al

>> internally grateful for darnella frazier and her bravery in being willing to not only witness thisut report it so that the family and others pursue justice for george floyd. and again, the police department will continue to show its true colors and what it is actually rooted in, which is making up lies against humanity for the sake of maintaining its institutional power. i think that is important. it should not be lost on people that here in minnesota right now, we are experiencing extreme response and militarized occupation of national guard and millions of dollars being poured into policing, risking these same conditions. i think it is important we witness this, that we document these things, that we share these things, and that we continue to protest and get out in the streets. we know the police will lie on our name any day without hesitating, and we are the ones who can keep us safe. darnell reminded us of that. amy: she was with her nine-year-old cousin who is wearing a t-shirt that said "love." kandace montgomery, co-executive director of black visions collective, a black-le

i also want to say this morning i'm thinking about darnella frazier. that 17-year-old who filmed that interaction, because she testified she stays up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. and i just -- my heart is just so heavy for her because she and that first jury, i would say, it's the first jury of george floyd's peers. those americans who came out, who filmed this murder, who filmed this and said, this is not right, a collection of people who didn't know each other who then were able to tell that second jury, the jury that had the power to convict this officer that this is not right, that is also a lesson here that even when it's scary, you have to stand your ground. you have to in some ways open your eyes and be a fellow citizen to other people. that is something i'm struck with this morning as we think about this country moves forward. there is work to do. part of it is on police and part of it is on us as americans. >> you brought up darnella frazier and the people who were standing there pleading for george floyd's l

. >> it took the video to come out from darnella frazier.e police had to change their story because they said it was a medical incident. >> and fighting against systemic racism. we had another police shooting happening near minneapolis just a week before the chauvin verdict and another in columbus, ohio as the verdict was coming down. how does the community keep faith that things will change? >> you have to keep hoping and moving forward. part of that, as president obama said, is politics. we don't have to go into the next period with rose colored glasses. you don't go into this thinking it's easy. as governor patrick said, in the chauvin trial we heard police officers testify and say that what chauvin did was completely inappropriate. that thin blue line of silence disappeared in that trial. that was encouraging. the other thing is video. departments whose officers wear body cam and where bystanders are able to video what happened. that makes as tremendous difference. that difference is going to sink in to police officers and police officia

. >> reporter: this morning, i spoke with his aunt they said that darnella frazier's courage that led to this moment. her 9-year-old cousin, she testified at the start of the trial about a month after floyd was killed, she told me that the entire day she asked darnella to take her to the store because she wanted to purchase some starbucks and she said, finally, okay, let's go. the little girl told me, if we didn't go to the store at that time on that day they would still kill us. i said who is "they"? she said police. through the 9-year-old she saw the magnitude of the video that captured. >> a heavy burden for children. thank you so much for being there for us. >>> derek chauvin has been convicted but sentence is yet to be decided. here to explain what he could be facing a former state prosecutor. >> john, derek chauvin has been convicted of all three charges against him. murder in the third degree maximum 25 years and manslaughter, maximum 10 years. if these charges related to different conduct they could be run consecutive meaning back to back to back. all three charges relate to t

. >> teenagers testifying this past week, 18-year-old darnella frazier, the girl who took the viral videoloyd's final moments, she testified tuesday. let's listen to that. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles. because they are all black. i have a black father. i have a black brother. i have black friends. and i look at that, and i look at how that could have been one of them. it's the nights i stayed up, apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting, not saving his life. >> how many other darnella fraziers are out there? kids in the black community, who have had to witness horrors like this and other similar horrors? kids. >> it's true, though, brother. you're talking about my daughter and son. you're talking about my grandkids, though, brother. here it is on easter. we're trying to pull out love and joy in the midst of this institutionalized hatred and this chronic sorrow. and the same true was when martin died, when medgar died. same was true when breonna taylor was shot.

he found out about the darnella frazier video not from anyone in the police department. no one in the police department. he said someone in the community called him and said, have you seen the video? and that was the video that changed this chief's understanding of what he was dealing with. >> i tell you what, chief arradondo showed himself not just to be an anomaly, but a unicorn. when you can display that level of professional integrity. i think it's important for people to realize that this just didn't start at the trial point. at the beginning, from the very beginning, chief arradondo has been consistent in his outrage and disgusted about the death of george floyd. he penalized the police officers almost immediately upon finding out, then he took the necessary steps to begin the reform process in the department itself. he is the professional standard, and as i indicated, the unicorn. to show just how open he is to the processes of community policing, he even referred to procedural justice in his testimony. which is a cornerstone of just about every reform process tha

pivotal role a 17-year-old bystander darnella frazier whose video footage memorialized the incident. the 14-day trial will be remembered for that and more but one thing should not go unnoticed. trite for derek chauvin was a vindication of cameras in american courtrooms. not since the o.j. simpson in 1995 have people gather much much to tune in and watch the trial. in 1995, many of us were similarly obsessed with simpson. unlike chauvin, simpson became a spectacle. big on personalities but little in common with how trials are conducted all across the country every day. back then, the judge lance ito and the lawyers became as much the focus as the underlying facts. johnny crock ran and others compromised the simpson dream team. we even met our first kardashian. a lawyer and friend of o.j. the shoes and isotoner gloves and who can forget furman, lang? marcia clark got a new hair style, it was big news! the empitome of simpson, the house get kcado. while covering the case and writing letters from los angeles for his vanity fair column. and then when each trial day ended, many of us tuned

but if you take the two camera instances in this together, first the video that was shot by darnella frazier, then a 17-year-old and you take it with the cameras in the courtroom, it was, i think, a hugely powerful statement. here is what i mean. that video, of course, as its been written about forever by everybody, really rocked the world with this. showed more than nine minutes of execution, of torture. that is one thing. it had that impact back last may. then it had another impact when it was shown at the centerpiece at the start of the trial, shown to a tv audience. and then when miss frazier was brought in to testify, that was when it became hugely far more powerful to me because she made some of us see it through her eyes. she stood there and absorbed the trauma of what chauvin was doing to george floyd so that we could see it. but we understood, here is the 17-year-old, she sends her 9-year-old cousin into the store because she doesn't want her to see it and they say why? she said because a man was being killed. he was suffering. he was crying for help. that is wrong. she knows that.

. >> that one was about darnella frazier. there was another one. let's take a look at that moment that she's talking about because jerry that's when you are questioning darnella frazier and she talks about how she feels and what regrets she has. let's listen to that. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad. i look at my brother and my cousin and my uncle because they are all black. i have a black father. i have a black brother. i have black friends. and i look at that and i look at how that could have been one of them. it has been nights, i stayed up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting and not saving his life. it is not what i should have done. it is what he should have done. >> jerry, that was one of those cases where we were not allowed to see the witness. that answer looked like it got to you. >> it certainly did. just because of the humanity of it. here was a teenager who encountered a stranger who was suffering. she didn't know him. all she knew was he was defenseless and subdu

darnella frazier testified she wishes she had done something physical to intervene, to try to pull the, but no one did that, including donald williams, a mixed martial arts fighter and who very easily probably could have overwhelmed one or more of those police officers if they didn't have those loaded guns on their belts. the witnesses used nothing but their voices to try to stop what they believed was the murder of george floyd because they knew for an absolute certainty that if they tried anything more than that, they would instantly be shot and killed by those fully loaded police weapons. those police guns killed george floyd along with derek chauvin's knee because without those guns, the witnesses at the scene would have taken over that scene and done the right thing and saved george floyd's life. emergency medical technician genevieve hanson regrets she didn't intervene to keep george floyd alive. she shed tears about that yesterday. today, another eyewitness, charles mcmillan, was asked to verify his voice on some of the video, including police body cam video that he was seeing f

. >> i want to ask you about darnella frazier and the people who stood by and pleaded for your mother'sar-old film the video that went viral and change the world. how much are you thinking about her and all the people who rallied around your brother? what do you think we should take away from the role that they play? >> i think about them every day. i know that my brother was just another dead person if it wasn't for her. she had the video that laid out all the facts. we did not even need a lawyer to go in there. the facts were there. right now, people really believe that the land that we live on is for the free. people are fighting to get here. if people are going to fight here, we need the standards higher. derek chauvin was the law. he's not above the law. he has to understand now that he will have to sit in that cell into his time just like my brother is in the ground doing his time. >> you were thrust into this. your family has now become a voice for so many. i wonder what's next for you. in some ways, president biden called your family. he said this could be a moment for significa

so the question becomes, that video, captured by darnella frazier was crucial to convincing the world that an injustice had occurred, that the police murder george floyd, that it was a modern day lynching. but we've had video in the past, we had the rodney king video, and it amounted to an acquittal, this was 1992, a different time, so i think that video is important, and i think the police know that videos important as well. that's why they will not release the dash cam video in elizabeth city, north carolina. we need to see with our own to eyes what takes place in all of these cases. >> indeed, those ems dispatchers recordings mentioned a man shot multiple times in the back professor maria quick closing question to you. jurist presidential lee, in your line of work does the guilty verdict, i know it is not officially a precedent, but does it help other prosecutions, does it have a chilling effect as it is designed to own police behavior? >> i think it will certainly make police officers on the ground think twice as they go forward, but i think the real impact of these convictions th

christiansen and the rest of the jury was 18 year old darnella frazier who was 17 years old last year when she bravely aimed her phone at derek chauvin and george floyd and recorded on video the murder of george floyd. >> what's stuck in my mind as i was close to the witness stand and her words of apologizing to mr. floyd, and that night where she couldn't sleep and she was sorry that she couldn't do more to save his life, that was pretty impactful to me. it hurt me. >> here is that portion of darnella frazier's testimony that lisa christiansen just described. >> when i look at george floyd i look at my dad, i look at my brothers, i look at my cousins, my uncles, because they are all black. i have a black father, i have a black brother, i have black friends and i look at that and i look at how that could've been one of them. it's been nights, i stayed up, apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting, not saving his life. that's not what i should've done, that's what he should've done. >> every trial has its what if's. the biggest one in

one of the young witnesses was darnella frazier, who recorded the cell phone video of mr. was ultimately seen worldwide. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at, i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles, because they are all black. i have a black father, i have a black brother. i have black friends. and i look at that, and i look at how that could have been one of them. it's been nights i stayed up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. and not physically interacting and not saving his life. >> stayed up apologizing to george floyd for not saving his life. darnella frazier would end up being one of several young people that testified and felt guilty for his death even though they were not responsible about it. on day three of the trial, it was christopher martin, the store clerk who accepted an allegedly counterfeit $20 bill and then reported it to his boss so it would not be taken out of his paycheck, that was what led to the police being called to the scene that day. >> i saw you standing there with your hands on

. >> alcindor: and following this, i want to ask you about darnella frazier and the people who stood pleaded for your brother's life, that 17 year old darnella filmed that video that then went viral and really literally changed the world. how much are youhinking about her and all of the people who rallied around your brother? what do you think we should take away from the role that they played? >> i think about them every day. i know that my brother would just be another dead person if it weren't for her because she had the video that had laid out all the facts. we didn't even need a lawyer to actually go in there. the facts were there and i just think that right now people really believe that the land that we live on is for the free because people fight to get here. and if people are going to fight it, we need to hold our standards high. because derek chauvin, he was the law, but he's not above the law and accountability. he has to understand now that he would have to sit in that cell and do his time, just like my brother is in the ground doing his time. >> alcindor: and philonise,

me, darnella frazier and the chief went to the same high school, different times but same school. different experiences. we went to the same classrooms, saw the same chalkboards or whiteboards, the same perspectives, but our perception of our experiences there is going to be much different. ultimately, at the end of the case when we are done with the argument, the court will instruct you on how to deal with these biases and perception issues. the court's final instructions will guide you to try to recognize your biases, recognize them what we bring to the table and analyze the evidence from the perspective of the evidence itself. so, let's look at this incident on may 205th from the perspective and perception. charles mcmillan, 61-years-old, third grade education grew up in the south. he described himself as a curious guy. he likes to know what's going on in his neighborhood. so he stops and check things out. his perspective he's the first one dealing with these guys. he has more information because he sees the entirety of the situation. with his perception of the event is perfect

darnella frazier, the 17—year—old who filmed his death, that never should have happened, she not havebout, or what people in the us need to be thinking about, is what it would be to defund the police, what it would mean to make sure that instead of investing in things like policing, which with the outcomes we see is really about investing in housing, health care, jobs, so you're investing in the things that mean that harm doesn't happen in the first place as opposed to always being in this preventative situation or being in the situation of continuously pouring so much money into the police and having the outcomes we have seen for decades now and soy ticket is listening that people know what they're talking about, which is the people on the ground doing this work for a real long time.

darnella frazier, the 17—year—old who filmed his death, that never should have happened, she not have to do that. campaigners and people who have been advocating for change for so long saying, reform is not enough, what we need to be looking at is thinking about, or what people in the us need to be thinking about, is what it would be to defund the police, what it would mean to make sure that instead of investing in things like policing, which with the outcomes we see is really about investing in housing, health care, jobs, so you're investing in the things that mean that harm doesn't happen in the first place as opposed to always being in this preventative situation or being in the situation of continuously pouring so much money into the police and having the outcomes we have seen for decades now and soy ticket is listening that people know what they're talking about, which is the people on the ground doing this work for a real long time. ground doing this work for a real lona time. a , . ground doing this work for a real long time-— ground doing this work for a real lonu time. , . .

it hurt me. >> here is that portion of darnella frazier's testimony that lisa christensen just described. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at -- i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles, because they are all black. i have black -- i have a black father. i have a black brother. i have black friends. and i look at that and i look at how that could have been one of them. it's the nights i stayed up apologizing and -- and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting in -- not saving his life. but it's, like, it's not what i should have done. it's what he should have done. >> every trial has its what if's. the biggest one in this trial is, what if derek chauvin testified? >> would you have liked to have seen derek chauvin testify? >> i don't think, no. i don't think it would have helped him at all. >> really? >> no. >> were you surprised he didn't testify? >> no. i expected him not to testify. so, i think the prosecutor had a really strong case, and i think he would have incriminated himself even further. >> reporter: what

i think there is an interesting case to be made here that darnella frazier, the 17-year-old who filmedt video that day, that became, honestly, the prosecution's entire case, it is a good example of the way that the media -- this was an end around around the media apparatus. this was around media power and law enforcement power. we saw a law enforcement that were reasonably skeptical of law enforcement, the brian sicknick case, natural causes, spinning with the media. you look at the first report about what happened to george floyd, that completely contradicts what darnella frazier found in that. and those kind of things, this kind of examples of citizens who are proving that there is an end around around legacy media, traditional media, and law enforcement, anything power structure, that is an example of where this is going in america and ways of getting outside of those mainstream's. >> tucker: steve krakauer, who writes probably the only interesting media newsletter there is, not the crazy ideological, pretty straightforward and smart. great to see you tonight. >> thanks, tucker. >>

darnella frazier, who recorded mr floyd's arrest on her cell phone, told the court she started recordingnd in pain. it's been nights, i stayed up... i apologising to him. apologising to george floyd for not doing more, and notj physically interacting... and not saving his life. we saw some really emotional testimony from those who were there who witnessed george floyd die. what was it like seeing that through their eyes for you and the family? the testimony has been like a band—aid, and then, a scab that you peel off a wound, and it peels a little bit, and you keep peeling it off for the family the entire time. you could see the family saying this, that if someone would've just listened, he'd be here today and none of us would be here talking about this. prosecutors called witness after witness to bolster their case that chauvin�*s actions were clearly unreasonable to the people watching. bystander donald williams broke down on the stand as he listened to back to the call he made to emergency services. the defence tried to convince the jury that the crowd — presented as concerned citizen

. >> reporter: overnight darnella frazier, the 18-year-old who shot the widely shared video of floyd's final moments writing on facebook, quote, i just cried so hard. guilty on all charges, thank you, god. and "the view" co-host sunny hostin getting emotional when talking about the verdict. a rare instance of a police officer convicted of murder. >> i am the mother of an 18-year-old boy who is now in south africa, and i feel that he is safer in south africa than he is in his own country. i am so relieved that this is what justice finally looks like for my community. >> derek chauvin is expected to be sentenced in june. as for the other three officers who were with him while floyd was being restrained, they're expected to go on trial this august. >>> let's turn now to the push for police reform across the country. george floyd's family says the verdict in the chauvin trial is only the first step in a long fight for change. abc's ike ejiochi is in minneapolis with a closer look at the proposal congress is considering. ike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mona. now that the trial

. >> reporter: from every angle jurors saw, took in what darnella frazier, then 17, dared to record on they watched witnesses weep, describing how they saw george floyd die, and did what so many other juries have not. >> w we fifind the defendant guilty. >> i was relieved that the jury found george floyd guililty. i i was surprised he did. >>>> reporter: matthew delmont discussing thee verdict with colleagues last w week. >> we've seen n so many cases, from rodney king to the present, where video evidence seemed to guarantee that police would be found guilty. >> reporter: but the police officers who beat rodney king in 1991 were acquitted. >> i think if darnella frazier hadn'n't taken t thatat video,o, i don't t think the jujurors would have convicteted derek chchauvin. without that, i don't think theere is s the pressure on minneapolis to bring the case in the way that they did. >> reporter: but he adds -- >> the visual proof doesn't guarantee justice. >> repeporter: delelmont grewew up in minneapolis, not far from where george floyd died. if he sounds weary, it is because americans h

darnella frazier's video was taken from the sidewalk near the squad, near the police vehicle. and you really don't see officers lane or kueng on the video. on the other video on the speedway or the pole camera, you do see those officers. it's simply because the camera was obstructed by the police vehicle. >> now, did you and upon your review of all the videos and documents that you discuss, complete a report memorializing your findings? >> yes, i did. my findings are submitted. >> about how long is that report? >> the report total i believe was close to 300 pages. that includes a rather lengthy appendix of the materials that i reviewed, the body of the report itself, which has my summary of the relevant facts and my opinions was i think about 112 pages. >> 110 if we take off the table of content. >> did you rely on your training and experience in academic experiences to review the evidence of the case to reach your conclusions? >> yes. >> did you reach your opinion to a degree of reasonable professional certainty based on generally accepted standards in your field? >> yes, i h

is there a time during the darnella frazier video that it becomes apparent mr. floyd stops verbalizing? >> yes. >> or saying words? >> yes, sir. >> approximately -- if we could, go to 20:23:59. all right. we9 are at 20:58. i ask that you play this for about ten secondss again. >> [inaudible] get him off the ground, bro. get him off the ground. >> so, is this the moment you encounter mr. chauvin and mr. floyd when he stops talking? >> yes, sir. >> prior to coming to court, did you have an opportunity to look at the defense exhibit task force 546, 47 and 48? >> yes, sir. >> i'm going to ask that exhibit 45 be placed on the screen, please. >> and can you note for the jurors? >> [inaudible] >> approximately how long after mr. floyd was put in the prone position on the ground did this occur? >> would help to refresh your recollection? >> sure. 20:19:18. >> more than four minutes. >> and then going back to exhibit 127, is there a point in time darnella frazier's facebook video when it appears that mr. floyd no longer makes any movement? >> yes, sir. >> i'm going to as