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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, center right, listens to artist Seitu Jones, right, talk about his stencil of George Floyd, in St. Paul, Minn., Monday, June 8, 2020. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, Pool)

Some divisions persist over Walz’s response to the riots that followed the murder of George Floyd

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In this June 25, 2021, file image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

Ex-officer convicted in George Floyd killing is moved to new prison after stabbing

By Michael Goldberg - Associated Press

This image taken from a Seattle Police Department body camera shows part of anti-police graffiti written in chalk on a concrete barricade outside of the East Precinct of the Seattle Police Department, Jan. 1, 2021, in Seattle. On Friday, June 21, 2024, the four protestors who were jailed for the graffiti were awarded nearly $700,000 by a federal jury who decided their civil rights had been violated. (Seattle Police Department via AP)

Jury awards $700K to Seattle protesters jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on barricade

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

Police tape cordons off the scene of a crime in Levittown, Pa., Saturday, March 16, 2024. Police departments reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers in 2023 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began and since the 2020 police killing of George Floyd spurred nationwide protests and increased scrutiny of police, according to a survey released by the Police Executive Research Forum. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Police officer hiring in U.S. increases in 2023 after years of decline, survey shows

By Claudia Lauer - Associated Press

Colorado ex-police officer Randy Roedema speaks on his behalf during sentencing at the Adams County Court, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Brighton, Colorado. Roedema was convicted of killing Elijah McClain, a young Black man walking home from a store, is expected to learn Friday whether a judge will sentence him to prison or he will receive probation. (ABC News One/Pool via AP)

Ex-Colorado police officer who killed Elijah McClain gets 14 months in jail, avoids prison

By Colleen Slevin - Associated Press

Police line do not cross yellow ribbon (Shutterstock.com)

Democratic official changes dismantle-the-police tune after vicious attack, carjacking

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this image taken from Minneapolis Police Department body camera video and released by the city of Minneapolis, Minneapolis police enter an apartment on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, moments before shooting 22-year-old Amir Locke. The parents of Amir Locke, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer when a SWAT team executed a no-knock search warrant one year ago, are suing the city and the officer, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Minneapolis Police Department via AP)

Family of Minneapolis man killed in no-knock raid sues city

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

A demonstrator tries to stop traffic along the Interstate 95 bridge during a protest over the death of Tyre Nichols, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Authorities released video footage Friday showing Nichols being beaten earlier this month by five Memphis police officers who held the Black motorist down and repeatedly struck him with their fists, boots and batons as he screamed for his mother. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)

Memphis beating video puts spotlight on first police account

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

HOLD FOR DON KING - In this photo provided by Archana Sahgal, Aqeela Sherrills, an advisor to the nonprofit Hyphen, addresses a gathering of participants of the Community Violence Intervention Collaborative at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Archana Sahgal/Hyphen)

White House gun violence program with philanthropies ends

By Thalia Beaty - Associated Press

Protestors chant &quot;Let them go&quot; as Des Moines police vans arrive at the Polk County Jail after protestors were arrested outside the Capitol, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Two central Iowa police officers are suing a sitting Des Moines City Council member and five other people who participated in a racial justice protest in 2020, and are seeking an unspecified amount in damages in what experts say is a legal move rarely taken by police and other first responders. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP)

2 Iowa officers sue 2020 protesters, accuse them of assault

By Margery A. Beck - Associated Press

FILE - Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over Chauvin's sentencing at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis June 25, 2021. A federal judge will sentence former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Thursday, July 7, 2022, for federal civil rights violations in the killing of George Floyd. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson on Tuesday, July 5, set Chauvin's sentencing hearing for 2 p.m. Thursday in St. Paul. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

Ex-cop Derek Chauvin to get federal sentence for Floyd’s killing

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

Katie and Aubrey Wright, parents of Daunte Wright, hug at a vigil honoring Daunte Wright, on the one-year anniversary of his death Monday, April 11, 2022, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Wright was fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)

Daunte Wright’s mother detained after recording traffic stop

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FILE - People march at a rally for Amir Locke on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Minneapolis. Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges Wednesday, April 6, 2022, against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in a downtown apartment in February. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa File)

No charges filed in no-knock warrant killing of Amir Locke

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

In this screen grab taken from video, Arbuey Wright, father of Daunte Wright testifies, as Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu presides over court Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, in the trial of former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter in the April 11, 2021, death of Daunte Wright, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

Prosecution rests case against Kim Potter in Daunte Wright’s death

By Scott Bauer and Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo addresses the media regarding the proposed charter amendment that would replace the police department, during a new conference at St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in Minneapolis. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

Minneapolis plan to replace police department worries many Black residents

By Mohamed Ibrahim and Amy Forliti - Associated Press

In this file photo, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, right, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., talk before a news briefing on March 15, 2019, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Minnesota Dems anxious over defund-the-police plan to replace cops with counselors

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021 file photo, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo speaks during a news conference accompanied by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey in Minneapolis. Activists in Minneapolis are making a second attempt to get rid of the city's police department, more than a year after George Floyd's death at the hands of officers. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Minneapolis council seeks to abolish police with voter initiative

By Mohamed Ibrahim - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center; Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, back rear; and Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., center right, stand for a photo during a meeting with Floyd family and congressional members, Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at the Capitol in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

Anniversary of George Floyd’s murder amplifies calls for new racial justice laws

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows Minneapolis Police Officers Derek Chauvin, from left, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Judge postpones trial for 3 ex-cops charged in Floyd’s death

By Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 22, 2021 file photo, a woman sits in a downtown doorway in Elizabeth City, N.C. The fatal shooting of a Black man by sheriff’s deputies has sent shock waves through Elizabeth City. The majority Black city in the state’s rural northeastern corner holds an important place in African American history in the 19th and 20th centuries. But some residents say it seemed too close-knit and too out-of-the-way to become a flashpoint in the 21st. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Deputy shooting becomes part of city’s long history on race

By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press