Floyd's death and footage of his neck pinned under the officer's knee have unleashed protests and violent clashes with law enforcement — exposing simmering frustration and the fact that there’s much work still ahead, several advocates and leaders told The Associated Press.
The city appointed its first black chief of police nearly three years ago, after slow progress toward making the department more inclusive. Earlier this year, a statewide task force made up of activists, people representing victims of police brutality, and law enforcement leaders released recommendations for policing reforms.
The city’s police department of more than 800 officers is still predominantly white, she said. The department did not respond to a request for up-to-date figures, but the Star Tribune reported in 2014 that the force, including cadets in field training, was 78.9% white, 9.2% black, 5.2% Asian, 4.1% Hispanic and 2.5% American Indian.
“We saw his eyes ... we saw a lynching. George Floyd is Emmett Till, 2020,” he said, referring to the black 14-year-old who was abducted, beaten and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, a lynching that helped spur the civil rights movement.
Not buying this one...Someone explain.
I know you are just yahoo, but dialogue isn’t enough. Law enforcement needs to go through a whole systematic change which includes departments hiring individuals with college degrees and public access to their training regiment of some kind. protest2020 BlackLivesMatters
'Minneapolis ...a city of 430K is 60% white/19% black/9% Hispanic and has a long history of economic and edu disparities that have marginalized blk residents for decades. Despite a reputation for progressive values, It's 1 of the most segregated cities in the country 4 its size.'
'Some leaders, including former Mayor R.T. Rybak and state Sen. J. Hayden, have blamed the city's police union for fostering a culture that protects brutal officers and resists efforts at reform.' a common complaint from state to state.
I believed that as well. Maybe Mr. Floyd shouldn’t have been committing a crime and resisting arrest. Police want to go home too.
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