Protesters marched in Minneapolis on Sunday as the city braced itself for the opening of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck until he died.
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Tommy McBrayer was among the volunteers clearing ice from the street at George Floyd Square, Wednesday. The area s caretakers are preparing for an influx of visitors with the trial of Derek Chauvin set for next week. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune/TNS)
1st officer in killing of Floyd faces trial
MINNEAPOLIS – The former police officer seen kneeling for about nine minutes on George Floyd’s neck before he died last spring is due to go on trial, and Minneapolis is on edge, protesting, barricading and boarding up.
Several hundred people supporting the conviction of former Officer Derek Chauvin on murder charges gathered across the Mississippi River on Saturday in front of the governor’s mansion in St. Paul, chanting, “Prosecute the police!”
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Carrying bouquets of flowers and Black Lives Matter signs, hundreds of demonstrators marched through downtown Minneapolis on Sunday, demanding justice for George Floyd and other victims of police violence.
The crowd gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center, fortified with fencing and concrete barricades, a sight not lost on demonstrators like Brandyn Tulloch, 24, of Oakdale. The city is preparing for the worst, he said, because they haven t done anything over the last nine months. . They do nothing to listen to the people who are out here fighting for our lives.
The march came one day before jury selection is set to begin in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is accused of killing Floyd in south Minneapolis on May 25.