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Religious services, concerts and vigils are set to mark Sunday's fifth anniversary of George Floyd's murder by a Minneapolis police officer even as police reform and civil rights activists face what they see as a backlash from the Trump administration.
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The Black Lives Matter movement, kicked into high gear after Mr. Floyd's murder on May 25, 2020, has given way to the politics of "white grievance" championed by President Trump.
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The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of Mr. Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020.
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Five years after George Floyd's death, NPR's Michel Martin took a trip to Minneapolis and spoke to the city's mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison and national civil rights attorney Ben Crump to reflect on how the city and nation have changed.
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Adolphus Hailstork's 2022 requiem cantata "A Knee on the Neck" pays tribute to George Floyd. NPR speaks with librettist Herbert Martin, who initiated the work, five years after police killed Floyd in Minneapolis.
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