Oakland's MACRO program is staffed by a team of 28 who operate in pairs consisting of a community intervention specialist and an EMT. They are trained in crisis response, de-escalation, and connecting residents to services.

Where once the bold yellow letters of Black Lives Matter shone brightly on the asphalt of 16th Street in the US capital, there are now SUVs. The lettering was removed in March after Republicans in Congress threatened to cut off federal funding to Washington.

Five years after the murder of George Floyd, the ripple effects of that summer are still being felt to this day