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BY MICHELE GOODWIN | “In many ways, Minnesota and Wisconsin have become the new south. The disparities we’re seeing rival anything in the Jim Crow era.”

This article is the first installment in a three-part series that asks what can we learn from officer-involved killings—including the murder of George Floyd one year ago today—which on their own can appear isolated and disconnected from larger social conditions and cultural dynamics.

BY ALEXA MIKHAIL and ZARIA HOWELL | Experts have noticed an increase in the severity of mental health conditions among Black girls who witness police violence—like the one who witnessed George Floyd’s murder. Darnella Frazier was 17 when she captured Floyd’s final pleas for help on camera—footage that would serve as primary evidence in the trial against Chauvin.

BY THE TEAM | In this episode, we confront the question at the center of Derek Chauvin’s trial: Who killed George Floyd? Our guests unpack that question as an issue central to police and societal violence. Examining who killed George Floyd means taking stock of legacies of racism in the Twin Cities, including redlining, school segregation, policies that undermine equality, and disparate rates of policing and mass incarceration.