Nearly a year after protests following the slaying of George Floyd, there is scant evidence that Minneapolis has changed how its police officers use less-lethal weapons or strengthened its oversight. Instead, the city may be a study in stymied reform, unenforced policies and a lack of transparency.
A year after George Floyd s death the AP s Philip Crowther reported live from Minneapolis s George Floyd Square when a shootout befitting a war zone broke out. The AP reports in its one year after story (omitted from the AP s Morning Wire email): Associated Press video from 38th Street and Chicago Avenue informally known as George Floyd Square showed people running for cover as shots rang out. Police said
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Originally published on May 25, 2021 1:21 pm I can t breathe. I m scared. For many people, hearing someone say those words would prompt a scramble to help. But not all. It depends on who s listening.
A year ago Tuesday, the world watched as George Floyd s life was taken from him in an agonizing 9 1/2-minute video a murder a police officer was convicted of committing. This month, we saw long-suppressed footage of troopers stunning and punching Ronald Greene as he apologized for leading them on a high-speed chase. He too died.
Millions of us watched those videos. But we didn t all see the same things, and part of the reason is empathy. On a basic level, how we hear the words of Floyd and more recently, the words of Greene depends on our level of empathy.