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Calls for police reform resounded in the months after George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer. Has anything changed when it comes to police transparency and accountability? 

Minneapolis police killed 23-year-old Dolal Idd

 at a gas station in south Minneapolis during what court documents later described as a gun sting operation. The shooting was the first by Minneapolis police since Floyd's death in May.  

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo defended the officers' decision to fire, saying they reacted to “deadly threat” when Idd shot at them. And, he said releasing video from body cameras a day after the shooting demonstrates his department’s “

Warrant says police were trying to catch Idd in illegal gun sale; officers ID'd in the fatal shooting

The fatal police shooting outside a Minneapolis gas station

Earlier in December, an unarmed black man named 

 in Columbus, Ohio, by police responding to a call about a car running in front of the house. Hill was walking out of a friend’s garage holding his cell phone. The officer who killed him was fired the next week in a move the Columbus police chief said shows “what accountability looks like.” 

Has policing changed as a result of Floyd’s killing and the protests that followed? Is there more transparency? Have police departments changed their tactics or training? Have the calls for police reform or the defunding of police departments resulted in real change? 

MPR News host Kerri Miller talked with two law enforcement experts about what needs to happen to create an effective and trusted police force. 

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In the wake of another police shooting in Minneapolis, host Kerri Miller talked to law enforcement experts about whether policing has changed as a result of George Floyd’s death. 

MPR News with Kerri Miller - In the wake of another police shooting in Minneapolis, law enforcement experts talk about how policing has and has not changed as a result of George Floyd’s death. 

Has anything changed when it comes to police accountability?

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