How Policing Has — And Hasn’t — Changed In The Year Since George Floyd Was Murdered

In the year since a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, a renewed national focus on police accountability, reform and reimagination has brought about a pivotal moment for activists who have long worked for change.

Floyd, a Black man, was murdered by police in broad daylight on May 25, 2020, after a shop manager accused him of passing a counterfeit $20 bill. For months, thousands of people marched in the streets to protest his death, demand change and impress upon the world that Black lives matter.

Phrases such as “defund the police” and “qualified immunity” were suddenly injected into the country’s mainstream consciousness as a reckoning on racial injustice permeated businesses, legislatures and dinner table conversations.

But has the movement to reform policing in the United States ignited meaningful change since Floyd’s death? It depends on whom you speak with.

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