As cellphone video documenting the last breaths of George Floyd spread across the internet, so did the collective outrage. For 10 consecutive days after his murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day in 2020,

After protests over state violence, news coverage tends to focus on negative stories that can delegitimize dissent. Over time, that often yields to more nuance.

It's been 5 years since the murder of George Floyd. What followed was protest and racial reckoning across the country and around the world, as well as a backlash that began to grow against the movement,