Introducing In Front of Our Eyes

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Minnesota Public Radio

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🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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In March 2021, the first of the former officers charged in the killing of George Floyd will go on trial in Minnesota. Police officers are rarely prosecuted in such cases—and the world will be watching. MPR News, which has followed this case in detail from the beginning, will bring listeners updates on this monumental case, and the consequences it holds for the city and the country. Created in collaboration with American Public Media.

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0:00.0	We watched it real time. We watched the whole nine minutes play out. We watched his life go away in front of our eyes.
0:15.0	And I kept coming closer and closer to the TV. I said, my God, that's him.
0:22.0	It just started crying. I was like, because I see not that, you know, that police was doing him.
0:29.0	No one deserved to lose their life when he could have been prevented from what I see and from what the world has seen.
0:37.0	In May 2020, the world saw a Minneapolis police officer kneel on a man's neck as he struggled to breathe.
0:45.0	The world watched George Floyd die on video. The world reacted.
0:52.0	To make sure that people understand the Black Lives Matter.
0:56.0	Those eight minutes and 46 seconds that took George Floyd's life opened the eyes of millions of Americans and millions of people around all over the world.
1:06.0	I'm Nina Moenie. And from MPR News and American Public Media, this is, in front of our eyes, a new podcast from the world we all live in since George Floyd was killed.
1:18.0	We'll talk about George Floyd's life in Minneapolis.
1:21.0	Oh, he's always, he's the wrong way to say, yeah, he's, he's called me Wally.
1:25.0	Man, Wally, man, I'm so glad, man, I came up with him and just, you know, changed my life, man, you know.
1:33.0	How the way we talk about racism shifted after he was killed.
1:37.0	Well, the first thing I'd say is I wish we had listened earlier.
1:41.0	We'll explain the trial over his death and its reach beyond the courtroom.
1:45.0	Have we finally gotten to a place in this country where we view the victims as equally worthy of protection?
2:01.0	Coming March 24th in front of our eyes, from MPR News and American Public Media.
2:15.0	You

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