2 years ago, on May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police

officer Derek Shofen.

The fact that we're still talking about it today, and even the fact that we're able to

call Floyd's killing murder, is thanks in large part to a young woman named Darnela Frazier.

She happened to be outside of cup foods that day, where she captured the final gut-wrenching

moments of Floyd's life, with her cell phone camera.

She was just 17 years old at the time.

Within a few hours, Frazier posted the video to Facebook, almost immediately it went viral.

The next day, Derek Shofen was fired, and three days later, he was arrested for murder.

The criminal complaint against Derek Shofen said that he had kneeled on George Floyd's

neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.

And just like that, a movement was born.

Over the coming days and weeks, people around the country marched and chanted in what would

become the largest protest movement in US history.

The activists, lawmakers, and laymen demanded reform and respect for Black Lives.

And often, in the middle of those protests, the crowd would pause to observe eight minutes

and 46 seconds of silence.

But in the swirl of news reports and eyewitness accounts, I would happen on that day.

Memorial Day 2020, something had been lost.

During Derek Shofen's trial, in the spring of 2021, bodycam evidence from officers on

the scene when George Floyd was killed proved that Shofen had actually kept his knee on Floyd's

neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds, 43 seconds longer than originally reported.

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