What Do You Say To a Nine-Year-Old Who Has Watched Someone Die?

📆 3/31/2021 4:47 AM
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On the second day of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who is being charged with the murder of George Floyd, four children and teenagers who witnessed Floyd’s death were called to testify. One of them, Darnella Frazier, was only 17 years old when she took the video of Chauvin pinning down Floyd that would later go viral. Although the judge ruled that video of the witnesses would be restricted because of their ages, the audio of their testimonies was still played in the courtroom. Even just reading their testimonies is utterly devastating.\n

My god, I hadn’t thought about children as witnesses. My heart had already been broken by Mr. Floyd’s young daughter and her recognition of what her father’s death has brought to the forefront in this country. Now to think of Judeah and her nightmares... just fucking horrible.

George Floyd’s murder put the state sanctioned destruction of Black people on display so strongly that it cannot be ignored. This is necessary, because I think many non-POCs couldn’t see it before. But it’s too big a problem to ignore. Part of the problem is how the fuck are Black people ever supposed to trust police? Seriously, I want to know. Because I can’t see how a community could be treated so horribly, for so long, for no reason other than the color of their skin could ever begin to believe that law enforcement was there to protect them.See all replies

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