A city mobilized

ichardson later watched the video of Floyd’s death in horror, like millions of others. She wasn’t surprised when her hometown erupted in mass protest soon after. For years, a tireless network of local activists and organizers have been fighting against systemic police brutality they say is symptomatic of broader racial-injustice issues that go back generations. They’ve held press conferences. They’ve gone to city-council meetings. They’ve lobbied the this was going to happen. It was ” says Richardson. “You can only demean people so much until they respond.”