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Keith Ellison reflects on the third anniversary of George Floyd’s murder

Capehart

The Washington Post

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this Washington Post Live conversation, first recorded on May 24, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison talks about the third anniversary of George Floyd's murder, his role in holding former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin accountable, how Floyd’s death fits into a horrific pattern of violence in American life, and his new book, “Break The Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence.”

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I'm Jonathan K. Parton. Welcome to K-Part. May 25th marked the third anniversary of the murder

0:06.8

of George Floyd under the knee of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, a death that

0:11.9

was captured on video and sparked nationwide protests that inspired demonstrations around

0:17.2

the world. Holding that police officer accountable, fell to Minnesota State Attorney General Keith

0:22.8

Ellison, who writes about the case, the aftermath, and his ongoing work to confront police brutality

0:28.5

in his new book, Break the Wheel, ending the cycle of police violence. In this conversation,

0:34.3

first recorded for Washington Post Live on May 24th, Ellison talks about how the murder of George

0:40.0

Floyd fit a horrific pattern in American life, what needs to be done to break it, and how community

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trust is essential. The most important law enforcement tool is trust in the community. You break

0:52.4

that, and you've set yourself back, and you've made life easier for people who do commit crimes,

0:58.0

private citizens who commit crimes, and prey on others. You know, they benefit from a poor

1:05.3

relationship between police and community. During the Chauvin proceedings, this was interesting

1:14.6

for me to find out. You filled several notebooks with jot-it-down notes, and this provided the

1:22.3

foundation for Break the Wheel. Was your intention to write a book, or to keep your own record

1:30.0

for history? Well, it was, I used it in the course of trial prep, right? In the course of trial

1:36.8

preparation, there's endless numbers of meetings. We have separate meetings on jury selection,

1:42.8

what the jury question is going to look like. We have separate meetings on the medical case.

1:48.3

I have, we prep the witnesses properly, and we ask them all the questions we need to ask them.

1:54.8

And so I'm keeping notes constantly to make sure I don't forget anything. My thought was to just

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make sure that there was nothing that we didn't think of. We didn't want anything in the trial to

2:06.5

be new. We didn't want any surprises. So I kept a lot of notes. I kept a lot of notes, and I

2:13.3

referred back to them when I thought that it would be a good idea to try to set, try to make a

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