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City where George Floyd was killed struggles to recruit cops

Protesters gather calling for justice for George Floyd on May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis. More than two years after George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police, the city is struggling to rebuild its police department after hundreds of officers quit the force. [AP]

Inside the Minneapolis Police Academy's sprawling campus on the city's north side, six people sat soberly and listened to a handful of officers and city officials make their pitch about joining an understaffed department that is synonymous with the murder of George Floyd.

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