On 2nd anniversary of George Floyd's killing, Black Buffalo residents feel the weight

Kimberly Johnson, of Buffalo, places her hand on a photo of the late Hayward Patterson, at a makeshift memorial on Thursday, May 19, 2022. The memorial is across the street from the scene of the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street on Saturday, May 14, in Buffalo, NY. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag)

Wednesday marks the second anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd – a killing that sparked months of protests and impassioned vows from Democratic lawmakers to better protect Black Americans.

Two years later, though, little has changed to help improve America's relationship between citizens and the police, or the nation's fraught race relations.