As Harris picks Walz, George Floyd riots resurface as election issue

Now the election campaign appears set to relitigate the issue of “law and order,” a theme that buoyed Republicans back in 2020. The full story of Governor Walz’s response to Mr. Floyd’s death is more nuanced. In the years that followed, Mr. Walz signed bipartisan legislation on police reforms and offered state support for other public safety measures. And details around the state’s delayed National Guard deployment are still disputed. State officials say they weren’t given the necessary information from the city, while Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the governor...