Sheer Guts On Steroids

Darnella Frazier recorded the killing of George Floyd
by former Police officer Derek Chauvin.
Her video was the key evidence that got
Chauvin covicted of murder.
Photo Courtesy: Darnella Frazier/Facebook/CNN

It'd have been

Another black man killed by police

Cause Of Death: Cannabis

If it hadn't been

For that 17 year old's bold film.

The Police Dept's official statement

Had been,

'Man dies after medical incident.'

A damning verdict without precedent.

Yet a high school girl captured the footage

Even tho it took 330 days

For the system to acknowledge

A fact that was general knowledge.

Darnella Frazier stood firm

Pulled her phone and hit record.

She captured Chauvin, knee slammed

Into Floyd's neck crushing for all

Of 9 minutes 29 seconds

Even after Chauvin pulled his gun,

Pointed in her general direction,

She didn't cut and run

That was sheer guts on steroids.

Darnella Frazier

Ripped the blinders

Off to present racial injustice

For the whole world to see.

Her recording was key

To bringing justice for George Floyd,

To changing the POV of the world,

And to sealing Chauvin's murder conviction

Of two counts of 2nd degree murder

And one count of manslaughter.

Thanks to you, Darnella,

Chauvin is behind bars.

This is the epic story

Of racial justice

Thriving inside a black skin

Posing as a female teen

At the tender age of seventeen.

Akpan