Demonstrators hold candles and signs ahead of an evening curfew in front of the Brooklyn Central Police Station outside Minneapolis, near where a policewoman shot dead Daunte Wright. Kerem Yucel /AFP
“They aren’t around to protect the community, or to make people feel safe, whatever they say — that has been clear since I was a child. As the trial examined grueling video of Floyd dying while Chauvin knelt on his knee, outside the courtroom, fresh examples of police killings have stoked anger and protests.
– ‘This is a long fight’ -“I will feel the same even if Chauvin is convicted — this is a long fight,” said Selena McKnight 46, a local activist in Minneapolis who regularly attends protests against police misconduct. On Wednesday, in a town outside Minneapolis, an officer was assaulted with a hammer and dragged at high-speed by a vehicle driven by a white, 61-year-old man.
Ahead of the Chauvin trial verdict, the United States is braced for potentially violent protests if he is acquitted of murder.