{"id":145655,"date":"2025-05-23T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T05:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=145655"},"modified":"2025-05-23T06:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T11:48:28","slug":"native-america-calling-five-years-after-george-floyds-death-racial-justice-advocates-watch-momentum-whither","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/23\/native-america-calling-five-years-after-george-floyds-death-racial-justice-advocates-watch-momentum-whither\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Five years after George Floyd\u2019s death, racial justice advocates watch momentum whither"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Friday, May 23, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Five years after George Floyd\u2019s death, racial justice advocates watch momentum whither <\/div>\r\n On the eve of the five-year commemoration of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Floyd\">George Floyd\u2019s death<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-abandons-police-reform-accords-sought-over-deaths-george-floyd-breonna-taylor-2025-05-21\/\">Trump administration is withdrawing Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight<\/a> for police departments in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Phoenix, Arizona; Louisville, Kentucky; and other cities where the DOJ previously found civil rights violations against Native Americans and other people of color.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n Floyd\u2019s murder by a Minneapolis police officer prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/05\/29\/theyre-killing-us-urban-indian-community.asp\">global calls for accountability for long standing inequities<\/a>. Now, Native American racial justice advocates say any progress toward improving unbalanced treatment by law enforcement agencies is stalled, at best. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nTune into Native America Calling to assess the direction of racial equity in the criminal justice system over the five years since George Floyd\u2019s high-profile death.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/23\/native-america-calling-five-years-after-george-floyds-death-racial-justice-advocates-watch-momentum-whither\/icantbreathe\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-145660\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" data-attachment-id=\"145660\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/23\/native-america-calling-five-years-after-george-floyds-death-racial-justice-advocates-watch-momentum-whither\/icantbreathe\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/23\/icantbreathe.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1778,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;JEFF SCHAD IMAGERY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D850&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1590535879&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;I Can&amp;#8217;t Breathe&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;I Can&amp;#8217;t Breathe&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I CAN&amp;#8217;T BREATHE&amp;#8221;: A Native woman is seen at a George Floyd rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 26, 2020. Photo courtesy Jeff Schad \/ Jeff Schad Imagery (&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jeffschadimagery\/&gt;jeffschadimagery&lt;\/a&gt;)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/23\/icantbreathe.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/23\/icantbreathe.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;I Can&#039;t Breathe&#039;\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-145660\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">&#8220;I Can&#8217;t Breathe&#8221;: A Native woman is seen at a George Floyd rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 26, 2020. Photo courtesy Jeff Schad \/ Jeff Schad Imagery (<a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jeffschadimagery\/>jeffschadimagery<\/a>)<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n Mary LaGarde (White Earth Band of Ojibwe), executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/maicnet.org\/\">Minneapolis Indian Center<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stthomas.edu\/about\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/racial-justice-initiative\/yohuru-williams\/\">Yohuru Williams<\/a>, distinguished university chair and professor of history and founding director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stthomas.edu\/about\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/racial-justice-initiative\/\">Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas<\/a> in Minnesota\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nRev. Jim Bear Jacobs (Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians), program director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnchurches.org\/what-we-do\/minnesotas-racial-legacy\">Racial Justice at the Minnesota Council of Churches<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mfranklinmgmt.wixsite.com\/website\">Maurice Franklin<\/a> (Muscogee Creek, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Freedmen descendent), professor of public administration and policy at California State University Northridge, adjunct professor at CUNY Hostos Community College, and a founding member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbjc.org\/\">National Black Justice Coalition<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five years after the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, the Trump administration is ending oversight of law enforcement despite violations of civil rights.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1,14],"tags":[42,6436,1554,362,615,6434,1292,6432,6435,243,381,133,47,61,134,278,6,6433],"class_list":["post-145655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-arizona","tag-civil-rights","tag-discrimination","tag-doj","tag-george-floyd","tag-jim-bear-jacobs","tag-kentucky","tag-mary-lagarde","tag-maurice-franklin","tag-media","tag-minnesota","tag-native-america-calling","tag-race","tag-racism","tag-radio","tag-religion","tag-urban-indians","tag-yahuru-williams","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/23\/icantbreathe.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-BTh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145655"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145662,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145655\/revisions\/145662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}