State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin was an American criminal case in the District Court of Minnesota in 2021. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was tried and convicted for the murder of George Floyd, which occurred during an arrest on May 25, 2020, and led to global protests over racial injustice and police brutality. A 12-member jury found Chauvin guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. It was the first conviction of a white police officer in Minnesota for the murder of a black person.
Attorney General Keith Ellison
Protesters holding Black Lives Matter signs outside the court building, March 15, 2021
Fencing erected around the Hennepin County Government Center in preparation for the trial
Crowd gathers in Minneapolis for the verdict announcement in the trial of Derek Chauvin, April 20, 2021
Minneapolis Police Department
The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It is also the largest police department in Minnesota. Formed in 1867, it is the second-oldest police department in Minnesota, after the Saint Paul Police Department that formed in 1854. A short-lived Board of Police Commissioners existed from 1887 to 1890.
Traffic patrol officer in 1987.
Minneapolis Police intervene in an open battle between striking truckers armed with pipes and the citizen's army (militia), June 1934.
From 2005 to 2006, officers monitored protest rallies against the War in Iraq, in downtown Minneapolis.
Chief Frank W. Brunskill inspecting officers at Station Number 5 in 1925. Brunskill was also at the heart of Supreme Court case Near v. Minnesota involving Minnesota's Gag Law.
