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Healing is a common thread for the people who gather at George Floyd Square. Healing from the trauma of watching Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man be murdered at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020.

‘No Justice, No Streets’: 4 years after murder, George Floyd Square stands in protest

Community Leader & Educator Marcia Howard joined MPR's Emily Bright on All Things Considered to discuss George Floyd Square, the list of 24 demands from community that are occupying the intersection at 38th and Chicago Ave in South Minneapolis and to also reflect on the life and impact of George Floyd.

"Meet the Demands" George Floyd Square (Marcia Howard)

“To be clear, the 24 demands have been overwhelmingly met. Except for two of the demands that are completely out of our control, one of which is to get rid of the head of the BCA. We can’t do that. And then the other is to end qualified immunity, which again, we can’t do that,” Jenkins said.

An interview with Andrea Jenkins

“I acknowledge that we as the City of Minneapolis are responsible for the murder of George Floyd,” said Alexander Kado, who works in the city’s Office of Public Service and oversees projects related to George Floyd Square. “Our government in general has done a lot of really racist things to our communities of color. And that’ll never be undone. But I know that we as a city, as we move forward with this work, are trying to right some of those wrongs and move forward in a way that acknowledges those past harms and works to correct them to projects like this.”

4 years after: Alexander Kado

“You have some people that want things to just go back to normal. And I think that that’s probably impossible, there is no normalcy anymore,” said Michael McQuarrie, a sociology professor at Arizona State University who studies social movements. “That community was pretty traumatized by those events, and the events that followed.”

4 years after: Michael McQuarrie

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Marcia Howard speaks during a community morning meeting

Cardboards displaying the demands of activists

‘No Justice, No Streets’: 4 years after murder, George Floyd Square stands in protest

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