Minneapolis prepares to remember George Floyd.
May 25 marks the first anniversary of the African American's death and the city remains split: racial tensions have remained unresolved, the police department is in crisis and under investigation by the Justice Department.
And above all the crime rate and violence are on the rise.
In recent weeks, a six-year-old girl was killed and two other children were seriously injured in a shooting.
Three other people were killed in two separate shootings on the night between Friday and Saturday.
And for the anniversary of the death of the 'good giant', who has become the face of the Black Lives Matter movement, President Joe Biden receives Floyd's family in the White House, killed by former agent-executioner Derek Chauvin, condemned by the jury and awaiting know its final sentence. For Biden this is an important appointment to 'reunite' the United States and the Americans after four years of divisions with Donald Trump and to try to turn the page and show the tolerant and open face of America. At the meeting, however, the president presents himself with 'empty hands': the awaited police reform is at a standstill in Congress where negotiations have been stalled for days. The goal of approving it for May 25, as Biden dreamedit is difficult and almost impossible despite the pressures and the forward flight of the individual states. Pending federal rules, New York prosecutor Letitia James has indeed proposed a tightening on the use of force by law enforcement: there can only be a "last resort" after all other alternatives have been tried.
