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The protests of 2020 were historic, but how much has actually changed?

Crews use concrete saws, jackhammers and excavators as they continue to dismantle the Black Lives Matter Plaza street mural on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Congress and the White House have threatened to withhold millions of dollars in federal funding unless the District of Columbia destroyed the mural and rename it "Liberty Plaza."
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Crews use concrete saws, jackhammers and excavators as they continue to dismantle the Black Lives Matter Plaza street mural on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Congress and the White House have threatened to withhold millions of dollars in federal funding unless the District of Columbia destroyed the mural and rename it "Liberty Plaza."

It has been five years since a Minneapolis Police Officer murdered George Floyd and the massive protest movement that followed. This hour, we’re reflecting on what has and has not changed in those five years.

We'll look at the protests in historical context to try to understand the ways they succeeded and failed. We’ll also talk about whether there have been changes in the rate of police violence since 2020.

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Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø.
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