a special edition of Chicago tonight.

What voices I'm Brandis Friedman.

It was Memorial Day 5 years ago that video captured the murder of George Floyd at the knee of a Minneapolis police Officer.

Floyd's death.

Just a couple of months into the start of a global pandemic ignited a racial reckoning sparking demonstrations nationwide and calls for police accountability.

Tonight, we'll explore what's changed in the 5 years since his death and what advocates say remains to be done.

>> It was a video seen around the world 9 minutes.

And 29 seconds.

Enough time to end the life of George Floyd and changed the lives of those around him.

Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's Neck as he was handcuffed on the ground.

What you want and the >> That video capturing Floyd's last moments sparking outrage and protests across the country >> especially in communities that have a long history with police brutality.

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>> Frustrations boiled over and some demonstrations turned violent, damaging businesses downtown and across Chicago's neighborhoods.

Governor JB Pritzker deployed the National Guard at Mayor Lori Lightfoot's request also declared a citywide curfew for the first time since 1968.

>> I do want to send frustration have plagued country, even our city of Chicago.

don't think that this asked to call anything right about >> Repeated violent clashes between Chicago police and protesters occurred throughout the summer.

Reports later found the city and CPD were, quote, unprepared for the protests and ensuing unrest and taxpayers have paid for it.

Spending 8.7 million dollars to defend and settle lawsuits related to officer misconduct during the 2020 protests, protesters continue to hit the streets pushing for police reform.

The Black Lives Matter movement and calls to defund the police gain traction and in 2021 Derek Chauvin was convicted and sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Real justice would be.

>> Silk in that job floor.

We're still be here with his So what we got today was some measure of accountability.

>> With that conviction, all eyes turned to Congress and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

But the federal legislation that would ban the use of choke holds and qualified immunity for officers and create a national police misconduct registry.

Among other actions has been stalled in the U.S. Senate.

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>> Federal to protect the bird, which just about Google, you can make for better allowed take people of color.

>> Meanwhile, Illinois passed a sweeping police reform bill into law that in part requires law enforcement to wear body cameras and creates a certification program for police.

This moment is a hopeful moment.

And in Chicago, Floyd's murder focused new attention on the police department's lack of progress complying with the federal court order requiring it to stop routinely violating the civil rights of black and Latino residents and a new era of oversight began in 2023. with the first election of the community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability designed to give Chicagoans a real say in how the department operates.

But activists say police shootings since Floyd's murder