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5 Years Later, How George Floyd’s Murder Has Impacted Police-Community Relations

It’s been nearly five years since George Floyd was murdered.

The 46-year old Black father of five was arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill at a Minneapolis convenience store, prompting one of four police officers on the scene to kneel on Floyd’s neck and back for more than nine minutes, asphyxiating him.

Nationwide protests erupted in the summer of 2020, a so-called racial reckoning, shortly after a video of the killing surfaced online. Residents took to the streets demanding systemic change to policing and the prison system.

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