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Community on edge as jury deliberates in Chauvin trial
By Reid Forgrave, Zoë Jackson, Reid Forgrave and Zoë Jackson and Star Tribune writers April 19, 2021 9:22pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Three hundred and thirty days after George Floyd died on the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in south Minneapolis, the Twin Cities and the state began a new period Monday: a time of anxiety and uncertainty until a jury decides whether the police officer who knelt on his neck is guilty of murder.
On the day that jurors began deliberations in the Derek Chauvin trial, with Minneapolis being watched around the globe, Facebook declared the city a high-risk location and said it would remove posts that incite violence or celebrate Floyd s death.