As cellphone video documenting the last breaths of George Floyd spread across the internet, so did the collective outrage. For 10 consecutive days after his murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day in 2020,

Political momentum has dropped, and the state Legislature’s signature reform achievement is scaling back its ambitions due to insufficient funding.

The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of Mr. Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020.

Progress toward more fair policing could be undermined by a push from some activists and lawmakers on the political right to get President Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, as his administration moves to end federal policing oversight.

Five years after the murder of George Floyd, the ripple effects of that summer are still being felt to this day.

The upheaval in Golden Valley is just one example of the way Floyd’s murder shook thousands of police agencies nationwide.

On May 25, 2020, a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, who was Black, by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes during an arrest. The officer, Derek Chauvin, was convicted on murder charges.

The Rochester Post Bulletin’s Joe Ahlquist and reporter John Molseed covered multiple days of the protests. They sat down with News Editor Sydney Mook to discuss their experiences and to reflect on the work they did there.

Five years after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, the future of the intersection where it happened is uncertain. Today, a memorial is set up in the partially blocked street.