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US protesters heartened by swift reform, but vow broader change

Juan Lozano and Nomaan Merchant
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Atlanta | In the two weeks since George Floyd's killing, police departments have banned choke-holds, Confederate monuments have fallen and officers have been arrested and charged amid large global protests against violence by police and racism.

The moves are far short of the overhaul of police, prosecutors' offices, courts and other institutions that protesters seek. But some advocates and demonstrators say they are encouraged by the swiftness of the response to Floyd's death - incremental as it may be.

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