Study: George Floyd Protests Did Not Cause Mass Exodus of Police Officers
Did the social justice protests of 2020 cause a wave of police officers to leave the force? A recent study suggests the truth may not be so simple. In May 2020, a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd by pinning him to the ground with his knee. When video of the encounter circulated online, the image of a white police officer nonchalantly kneeling atop a black man until he asphyxiated ignited a powder keg: Americans, stir-crazy from sheltering in place for the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, took to the streets to protest police brutality, in some cases violently. The con...