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Here are some takeaways about about how Walz handled the protests and police reform efforts:

A fateful week

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started on May 27, two nights later. The police chief asked Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to seek help from the National Guard. Walz, a approved on May 28 though he continued to leave most of the response in the hands of local authorities.

The destruction only worsened that night. Protestors took control of the 3rd Precinct police station, which was torched.

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Criticism from Minnesota Republicans and praise from allies

The Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate that July. The in October 2020 blamed a failure of executive leadership at the state and local level and a hesitation by the Democratic governor and city leaders to confront their ideological allies.

69制片厂制作传媒淕overnor Walz, his administration and Mayor Frey failed to realize the seriousness of the riots and the danger to Minnesotans if rioters were not confronted and stopped,69制片厂制作传媒� the Senate GOP report said. 69制片厂制作传媒淏oth Governor Walz and Mayor Frey failed to act in a timely manner to confront rioters with necessary force due to an ill-conceived philosophical belief that such an action would exacerbate the rioting.69制片厂制作传媒�

Nonpartisan reviews also found problems with the response.

A commissioned by the state, early on. The report said the state did not set up a multiagency command center until too late, four days after Floyd was killed. It also said the National Guard was mobilized too late.

A separate said Minneapolis officials were unfamiliar with the process for requesting assistance from the Guard, and that held up the approval and deployment of troops.

Meanwhile, Walz has said he and other officials rose to the occasion.

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Trump has changed his tune

During recent appearances in Minnesota, Donald Trump falsely claimed that he personally was responsible, while president, for deploying the Guard. It was actually Walz who gave the orders.

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That contrasts sharply with the praise that Trump heaped on Walz in 2020, as the dust settled on the crisis. Two days after Walz ordered the full mobilization, the then-president told governors and administration officials that Minnesota69制片厂制作传媒檚 chief executive had been doing a stellar job.

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Two nonpartisan external reviews, released in March 2022, found shortcomings in the city and state responses.

Walz's efforts to reform police generates criticism and plaudits

In the months after the riots, Walz changes and signed police accountability packages in 2020, 2021 and 2023.

Michelle Gross, president of Communities United Against Police Brutality, said Walz was largely unreceptive to policies that would have led to more meaningful improvements. She pointed to stalled efforts to end a judicial doctrine known as qualified immunity, which shields police officers from liability for misconduct, and another proposal to increase the statute of limitations for police wrongful death cases.

Political allies have defended his push for changes.

The state's attorney general, Keith Ellison, who won convictions of the four officers charged in Floyd69制片厂制作传媒檚 death, said Walz found himself in an 69制片厂制作传媒渋mpossible situation69制片厂制作传媒� during the summer of 2020. Nevertheless, Ellison said, the governor balanced the concerns of a grieving city with threats to public safety.

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69制片厂制作传媒淎ll leaders who are bold enough to actually lead face scrutiny and criticism, with some believing they went too far and others not far enough," Crump said. "That is usually an indication that they found a necessary middle ground.69制片厂制作传媒�