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Demonstrations on eve of George Floyd trial include silent march, symbolic coffin
People protest near the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Sunday, March 7, 2021. (Washington Post photo by Joshua Lott)
Published March 08. 2021 1:21AM | Updated March 08. 2021 1:29AM
Darryl Fears and Jared Goyette, The Washington Post
MINNEAPOLIS - On the eve of the criminal trial for Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of killing George Floyd and sparking global racial protests, this was a city on edge.
A Sunday afternoon march drew a few thousand people to the Hennepin County Government Center, which these days is encircled by concrete barriers and layers of security fencing. Prince s Purple Rain blared over loudspeakers there, but as the crowd began walking, they did so in silence. They carried a white wooden coffin. Helicopters buzzed overhead.
Demonstrations on eve of George Floyd trial include silent march, symbolic coffin
Darryl Fears and Jared Goyette, The Washington Post
March 7, 2021
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MINNEAPOLIS - On the eve of the criminal trial for Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of killing George Floyd and sparking global racial protests, this was a city on edge.