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George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police rocked nearly every facet of American life: entertainment, academia, politics, corporate culture, and even conversations at the dinner table.
One year after the tragedy felt around the world, the law enforcement community is still grappling with the fallout that has thrown the future of policing into uncertainty.
Other nonpartisan institutions are still navigating the aftermath of the appalling encounter and its meaning for society.
Protests over Floyd’s murder broke out within days of his fatal brush with former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020, and spread to virtually every major city in the country. Nearly half of all U.S. counties saw a protest last summer. Additionally, as many as 26 million people said they participated in one of the demonstrations, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.