Last year, the entire country erupted in protests against the killing of black man George Floyd by a white police officer in the United States. Protests also took place in other countries, including the United Kingdom, across the US border. The video of the police torture was recorded by pedestrian Darnella Fraser on her cell phone. She has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize in the special category for this work. The names of the Pulitzer Prize winners were announced on Friday (June 11).
On May 25 last year, while trying to arrest George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the white police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on his neck. Floyd died on the spot due to suffocation. The Star Tribune of Minneapolis first published the news of Floyd's murder. For this, the media has also received the Pulitzer Prize in the Breaking News category.
The killing of Floyd has brought to light a wide range of police brutality and racist behavior. The Marshall Project, Al.com, Indystar, and the Invisible Institute won the Pulitzer Prize in the National Reporting category for their joint investigative reporting on the use of police dogs as weapons against innocent civilians.
