What the trial over George Floyd’s death means

In Front of Our Eyes by Minnesota Public Radio

Mar 26, 202100:14:24News & Politics

Before George Floyd was killed, the police killings of other Black men in Minnesota generated public pressure to prosecute the officers. MPR News reporter Jon Collins has covered several of these shootings and their afte...

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