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Five years after George Floyd's murder, the future of George Floyd Square is in limbo, Black Lives Matter murals are erased and reforms rolled back.
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Former Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo says he wishes he had moved faster to change the culture of his department before the murder of George Floyd, which happened five years ago Sunday.
As cellphone video documenting the last breaths of George Floyd spread across the internet, so did the collective outrage.
A man who tends the garden at the intersection where Floyd was murdered hopes something good can grow from painful memories.
On May 25, 2020, a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, who was Black, by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes during an arrest. The officer, Derek Chauvin, was convicted on murder charges.
After George Floyd was killed, people from the right and left agreed that the act was unconscionable. Now, some conservatives are calling for the police officer responsible to be pardoned.
The Minnesota community marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police Office Derek Chauvin.
Even after nationwide protests following his nephew’s killing, and federal and state legislation banning chokeholds and no-knock warrants, police misconduct continues to be too high, Selwyn Jones said.