N.C. Promised Police Reform a Year Ago. Did It Happen? The death of George Floyd inspired communities across North Carolina to commit themselves to reforming policing practices. A year later, some cities have made more progress towards those goals than others. May 26, 2021 • (TNS) — The murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee to Floyd's neck for over nine minutes May 25, 2020, accelerated local police reforms in many communities across North Carolina. In June, leaders in Raleigh, Durham and other cities announced they had banned chokeholds and had adopted or would soon adopt all the measures in the national "8 Can't Wait" police reform campaign.