Emails Reveal How #Minnesota #Governor #TimWalz Struggled to Deal With #Unrest, #Reach #Consensus With #Critics After #Outage over #Police #Murders of #GeorgeFloyd and #DaunteWright

They show how Walz struggled to balance the #need for #order in the streets against his #credibility with #activist #allies, while simultaneously trying to bridge the #ideologicaldivide between #progressives in his #party and #conservatives.

https://www.propublica.org/article/walz-police-reform-emails-after-george-floyd-daunte-wright-killings

Emails Reveal How Walz Struggled to Deal With Unrest, Reach Consensus With Critics After Police Killings

Spring 2021 saw escalating tensions in Minnesota: Police had killed Daunte Wright less than a year after George Floyd. Caught between the demands of Black organizers and Republican lawmakers, Tim Walz struggled to chart a course for police reform.

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