What's Changed Since George Floyd Was Murdered By Police
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🗓️ 29 May 2025
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Summary
That murder, and the resulting national protests, led to numerous calls for police reform in communities around the country.
But the politics of policing have changed since 2024. Perceptions of crime and its relationship with immigration were central issues during the last presidential election, particularly for the Republican Party.
And now, the Trump administration says it's undoing recent federal efforts to supervise police reforms in certain cities.
We discuss where the end of those efforts leaves cities and police departments trying to be more accountable to those they're supposed to serve and protect.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Irid Glass, the host of This American Life. |
| 0:02.9 | So much is changing so rapidly right now with President Trump in office. |
| 0:07.3 | It feels good to pause for a moment sometimes and look around at what's what. |
| 0:10.7 | Just try and do that. |
| 0:11.4 | We've been finding these incredible stories about right now that are funny and have feeling, |
| 0:16.1 | and you get to see people everywhere making sense of this new America that we find ourselves in. |
| 0:21.4 | This American Life, wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:31.8 | It's been five years since widespread protests swept across the country after Minneapolis |
| 0:37.4 | police officer Derek Chauvin |
| 0:38.9 | murdered George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Protesters and advocacy groups called on cities to reform |
| 0:45.3 | how they police their communities, in particular, black and brown people. |
| 0:49.8 | Our people are human beings and they deserve to live. Stop killing our people. Stop killing our people. Stop killing our people. The NAACP has asked for bills in the legislature to address police use of force, racial profiling, civilian review boards. |
| 1:05.1 | We don't want people with guns toting around in our community, shooting us down. It is a yes or a no. |
| 1:12.7 | Will you defund the Minneapolis Police Department? |
| 1:16.0 | The politics of policing have changed since 2020. |
| 1:19.4 | Compared to that year's presidential election, immigration and crime were much bigger issues than policing in 2024, |
| 1:25.3 | in particular for the Republican Party. |
| 1:27.5 | Now the Trump administration says it is undoing federal efforts to supervise police reforms |
| 1:32.3 | in certain cities. What does that mean for the cities found to have problems with their police |
| 1:36.7 | if the federal government removes its supervision and support? And what have years of discussion |
| 1:41.9 | and attempts to reform policing resulted in for communities around the country. |
| 1:45.9 | We get into it after the break. I'm Jen White. You're listening to the 1A podcast. Stay with us. We've got a lot to get into. |
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