Sunday marked five years since George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis. That means that this entire week marks five years since the national reaction to Floyd’s death did untold damage to the country.

The outrage over Floyd’s death was itself understandable, but it very quickly exploded far outside the scope of the incident. It was not limited to the officer who killed Floyd, nor the other officers on the scene, all of whom were convicted of crimes from the incident. The outrage also wasn’t limited to the Democrats who run Minneapolis or even the Democrats who run Minnesota (In fact, both seemed to avoid blame completely for this incident, as both Mayor Jacob Frey and Gov. Tim Walz remain in power five years later).