" The Minneapolis Reckoning is a timely, thought-provoking examination of the larger context that led to the murder of George Floyd by police in May 2020 and the resulting struggle for reform. Michelle Phelps takes readers on a journey from the streets of Minneapolis to the corridors of power, unraveling a complex tapestry of competing interests and contests over public safety. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the problem of policing and its possible solutions."-- Elizabeth Hinton, author of America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion since the 1960s "The murder of George Floyd didn't happen in a vacuum. In this fantastic book, Michelle Phelps shows how the history of Minneapolis helps explain why the city became the flashpoint for a national discussion on policing. The Minneapolis Reckoning may well become the definitive account of how the movement for police reform collides with the local politics of race, inequality, and violence." --Patrick Sharkey, author of Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence " The Minneapolis Reckoning is a tour de force that will change the way you think about the politics of policing in the twenty-first century. Comprehensively researched and empathetically rendered, the book tells the gripping story of the struggle to transform policing in one of America's most progressive cities and exposes the tragic dynamics that make lasting change so difficult.

Sobering but hopeful." --Monica C. Bell, Yale Law School "Overpoliced yet underprotected, Black communities have long pushed for better policing. The Minneapolis Reckoning highlights the political processes, bureaucratic mechanisms, and self-interests that make police reform so difficult and so necessary. Anyone concerned about the perpetual crisis of American policing should read this book, which is likely to become a definitive guide to the nation's 2020 uprising." --Victor Ray, author of On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care.