That sentiment appeared to be shared by most people in the Twin Cities and around the country as solidarity marches took place in New York City, Columbus, Ohio, Denver, Memphis, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Oakland in protest of the death of George Floyd who died while in police custody on Memorial Day.
On Friday, the protests continued, even as Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced that fired police officer Derek Chauvin was being charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death.
Chauvin was the officer seen in the video pressing his knee on Floyd’s neck for at least seven minutes as he lay face down and handcuffed on the pavement until he became unresponsive.
Lots have been written about the unrest that followed Floyd’s death, but the outpouring is quite simply fueled by the fact that four cops killed a man in front of witnesses and a national and international audience on social media and it took four days for the main culprit, Chauvin, to be charged.
There were several videos showing a person who many said was a St. Paul police officer dressed in all Black who was shown breaking out windows of the Auto Zone on Lake Street.
