George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
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The 2020 Twin Cities riots or 2020 Minneapolis riots are an ongoing series of civil disturbances in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, Minnesota, United States. Unrest began in Minneapolis on May 26, after the death of George Floyd while being restrained by Derek Chauvin and other officers of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). Demonstrations and protests were initially peaceful, but windows were smashed at a police precinct, two stores were set on fire, and other stores were looted and damaged in the metropolitan area.
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See also
- 1980 Miami riots – Riots after an unarmed black salesman was beaten to death with fractured skull by police officers in 1979 and the officers involved acquitted in May 1980.
- 1992 Los Angeles riots – Riots after police officers involved in a brutal beat down of a black man were acquitted by the court in April 1992.
- 2014 Ferguson riots – Riots following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by police.
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