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This week marked a year since a white Minneapolis police officer put a knee on George Floyd s neck for nine-and-a-half minutes and killed him on a public street.
Advocates have asked the city and Monroe County to transform policing tactics and create a more equitable community that holistically serves all residents and respects Black lives.
In the year since the social justice movements spurred by Floyd s death began renewed calls for racial equality, what lessons have been learned? What has to change? The
Democrat and Chronicle posed those questions to local leaders.
All responses except two Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter and city council candidate Stanley Martin, a community organizer were collected via email questionnaire. (Baxter and Martin spoke with reporters in person .) The responses have been edited for clarity and length.