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Counterpoint: These candidates will move all in Minneapolis safely forward These leaders know its time for a new public safety system that works for everyone.  By multiple authors Text size Copy shortlink: "We all do better when we all do better." Those words dont resonate just because they are good words. They resonate because they were spoken by a leader who was devoted to giving them meaning. Minneapolis has many candidates for office who...

Anniversary. it means so much to so many different people. but part of what people are looking for now is what is different this year later? well, for starters, this over the past few days weve seen an on going series of events from the george floyd memorial foundation trying to bring together some of the people that have been affected in different ways. and in different settings. last night, for example, we saw panel of -- that included the families of trayvon martin, eric garner, daunte wright...

Conversation about racial reckoning, but thats just talk if we dont act. now is the time to act. lets do it in the name of george floyd and all the others that have been taken from us unjustly by the very people who are supposed to protect and serve us. >> i hear what youre talking, philonise, about daunte wright, theres a feeling i get from you about lets not let george floyds death be in vain. and a feeling that even as you were looking and getting justice you see that its not happening for ot...

They understand the problem that african-americans are facing? do you think things have changed in the last year, philonise? >> i think things have changed. i think its moving slowly, but its making progress. i just want everything to be better in life because i dont want to see people dying the same way my brother has passed. we were at his court, at his trial and daunte wright passed ten miles away from where my brother, where we was trying to get accountability. and im like, hey, we cant have...

Medaria arredondo. hes now chief of police and some of these same issues persist. one person who knows that maybe better than anyone else is minnesota state representative john thompson. his friend, philando castile was shot and killed by a minnesota police officer in 2016. and thompson feels the pace of policy just isnt moving fast enough to keep up with reality. >> we could have saved george floyds life in 2016 when philando was murdered. we could have saved daunte wrights life when george flo...

Unreasonable use of force by officers and more. but overall, its been a process thats been on going for decades. meanwhile, names. hashtags, jamar clark, breonna taylor, philando castile. black faces begin to run together. >> kids runs up to me, mr. thompson, mr. thompson, they just killed someone in brooklyn center. >> philando castile was shot and killed by a minnesota police officer in 2016. that officer was never convicted on any charges. >> we could have saved george floyds life in 2016 whe...

Floyds life. in 2016. when he was murdered. we could have daunte wrights life and say were going to put an end to this right now. >> the stakes after decades of attempts are as high as human life. >> we have to be serious about being at the table and making some concrete decisions about reform. that will last generationally. >> a year after one video shook the world, the effort to bring about long term change continues. so future generations wont have to watch new ones. >> and family of george f...

We all have seen, the names has been added on and on and on. just a few hours after the verdict daunte wright was killed by the hands of policemen. i dont think that we have really seen a change, a change that we want. >> that message that you hear from bridget is something that i have heard from people attending this event, and i spoke a man that said the conviction of chauvin was a relief for us, and he said we want the urgency to be clear for the political leaders, not just here in minnesota,...

We were at his court, at his trial, and daunte wright passed ten miles away from where my brother -- when we was trying to get accountability. >> so bacari, what are your thoughts about whether progress has been made since floyds death? >> progress has been made, ana, however what we can tell you is that its been slow, and justice for people in -- of color in this country, particularly black folk in this country has been slow. if not fleeting at most times. but the reason that i say that we have...

Ms. tate, ill start with you. first, my condolences for you and your family on this date, and for so many of us george floyd has become a symbol but he was your cousin, so how is the day landing for you? >> i think im doing about as good as could expect for today, and my emotions have been a little bit all over the place. i have had an opportunity to go out to george floyd square this morning and so i think im just taking it all in. >> reverend al, i wonder if you can, as you do so well, assess ...