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 mu
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
George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd had used a counterfei
Trial of Derek Chauvin
…Supreme Court declined to review the case. Derek Chauvin was one of four officers of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) involved in the arrest of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill at a market. He also served as the field training officer for one of the other officers…
The carriage carrying Floyd's casket to his burial in Pearland, Texas, on June 9, 2020
Memorial to Floyd two days after his murder
Makeshift memorial near site of murder