I'm Jonathan K. Parton, welcome to K-Part.

Two years ago, on May 26th, George Floyd was murdered under the knee of a Minneapolis

police officer.

It happened on a busy street in the city council district represented by Andrea Jenkins.

Two years later, after the tumult of the demonstrations that rocked Minneapolis and cities

across the country, Jenkins now leads the Minneapolis City Council as its president.

In this conversation, first recorded on May 19th for Washington Post Live, in the days

after 10 African Americans were allegedly killed by a white supremacist in Buffalo, Jenkins

put Floyd's murder into a broader context.

And so there's just this constant barrage of tragedy that continues to, I think, shape

the psyche of Latin America and certainly Minneapolis is a part of that.

Jenkins made history in 2017 as the first out transgender black women elected to office

anywhere in the United States.

We talk about her historic rise and her message to trans youth and black youth trying

to make sense of the world around them.

Minneapolis City Council President Andrea Jenkins, welcome to K-PART on Washington Post

Live.

Thank you, Jonathan.

How are you today?

I am fine and it is great to see you.

It's been, I think, maybe a couple of years since we've had a chance to talk to each

other.

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