Minneapolis and cities across the U.S. have been wracked by violent protests against police brutality since Floyd died on May 25, 2020, facedown on the pavement with Chauvin kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes.
Moments before Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill read the verdict, Minneapolis office buildings emptied and workers fled downtown to avoid possible demonstrations, local media reports said.
But fears of mass chaos appeared to be unfounded by early evening.
Demonstrators in Minneapolis told reporters that they wouldn’t be looting. They said it was a time to celebrate.
“This is our Super Bowl,” Jeff Compton of Louisville, Kentucky, told Minnesota’s National Public Radio station outside the courthouse.
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