5 Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Backlash Takes Hold
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Minneapolis, George Floyd and Black police
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In the Houston housing project where he grew up, George Floyd was respected as a man who spoke from hard, but hardly extraordinary, experience.
George Floyd moved to Minnesota for a fresh start — an opportunity to better himself and to be a better father.
The spirit of the movement has endured, but the broader zeal for reforms has been tempered by a shifting political climate on public safety.
When George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis under a police officer's bent knee, it sent shockwaves more than 1,200 miles away in Houston. Floyd grew up in Houston's Third Ward, and his death sparked not only outcries for change,
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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.
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.
Five years after the mass protests of 2020, the LAPD's aggressive handling of demonstrations remains controversial — and costly.
The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin five years ago sparked outrage in the Twin Cities and around the world.