Video of the killing prompted protests the next day in Minneapolis that spread to more than 2,000 cities, including at least 15 cities in Michigan.
The killing prompted calls for police reform and systemic change that have yet to materialize. Below, we examine the top social justice stories of the year, while Thursday we revisit Bridge’s education and business coverage.
The Legislature dawdled as activists filled the streets to protest the failure of a grand jury to indict police for the March 13 death of Breonna Taylor, a Louisville, Kentucky, woman shot in her own home. Police reform measures stalled amid growing national divisions over race and violence, prompting one Detroit protester to proclaim: ”It shows how people in the streets have to take things into their own hands in order to make the necessary reforms real.” —