progressive candidates who are trying to balance that message, talking about both police reform measures, but also the need to sort of restore a lot of morale in the police department, and also to build the ranks back up. you re also seeing that race that kind of debate play out in buffalo, certainly where india walton could be the first socialist mayor elected in, i believe it is almost 60 years, and she actually already beat four-term incumbent byron brown during the primary season. but he is now going up against her again as a write-in candidate and argued that her policies on policing are too liberal, would put the city s residents in danger, and, of course, the most fascinating place where this is playing out is in minneapolis, where, you know, the death of george floyd has completely shaped the debate. you have jacob fry, the mayor there, being challenged by a
On the anniversary of the death of George Floyd, dozens of gunshots rang out in the middle of the day at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, forcing reporters and bystanders to duck and cover.
The symbolism was unmistakable â the yearlong bout of protest after Floydâs killing has coincided with a surge of urban crime that has made gunplay dismayingly common.
Indeed, the intersection where Floyd was killed, now a memorial blocked to vehicular traffic, has become a watchword for mayhem.
The issue of public safety may be about to play its most significant role in our politics since the mid-1990s, the beginning of a decades-long decline in crime that steadily eroded its political salience.
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medaria arredondo. he s 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 isn t moving fast enough to keep up with reality. we could have saved george floyd s life in 2016 when philando was murdered. we could have saved daunte wright s life when george floyd was murdered had we just looked at police accountability pieces seriously and said we re going to put an end to this right now. now the mayor here in minneapolis, jacob fry, has pointed to some concrete policy changes like bans on chokeholds and requiring officers to intervene when they see excessive use of force but there s still much more work to