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F. Chris Curran, University of Florida; Aaron Kupchik, University of Delaware, and Benjamin W. Fisher, University of Louisville

(THE CONVERSATION) Eight days after George Floyd was killed during an encounter with Minneapolis police in an incident that sparked protests around the world, Minneapolis Public Schools terminated its contract for the Minneapolis police to provide officers in schools.

"I value people and education and life," school board chairwoman Kim Ellison told a local...