May 25, 2021 4:56 PM EDT
On the evening of May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police detained George Floyd for allegedly using counterfeit money in a convenience store. Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, killing the 46-year-old Black man.
Floyd’s killing, and the nationwide demonstrations that followed, brought the issues of race, policing and civil rights to the forefront of the American conversation. Nearly a year later, a jury found Chauvin guilty of murder. The other three former police officers who were at the scene will face trial later this year.
On the anniversary of Floyd’s death, how do Americans view the nation’s progress on race and policing? Has there been noticeable change? What’s next? To get answers to these questions, PBS NewsHour reporters and producers traveled in recent months across the Midwest, from Minnesota’s Twin Cities to Ferguson, Missouri, East St. Louis, Illinois and Louisville, Ke