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11.16am GMT
Darryl Fears and Jared Goyette are covering the developments in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the Washington Post, and here’s how they reported yesterday’s silent protest in Minneapolis.
A Sunday afternoon march drew a few thousand people to the Hennepin County Government Center, which these days is encircled by concrete barriers and multiple 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.
By then, National Guard vehicles were rolling into the Twin Cities area, delivering the first of more than 3,000 troops expected to be on patrol during what some are calling the biggest trial in Minnesota history.
Civil rights attorney and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong read from a 45-foot scroll with more than 400 names of Minnesotans who organizers say have died at the hands of police over the past two decades.
Brandyn Tulloch was struck by how long it took to read. “You just sit and think, ‘Is it always going to be this way?’ When will the police killings end, and when will any of those families ever get justice?” he said.
11.08am GMT
Amudalat Ajasa and Jackie Renzetti report for us from Minneapolis this morning:
Minneapolis and its adjacent “twin city” St Paul, followed by cities and towns all across the United States and overseas burst into civil rights protest last May, where millions demanded radical change after a video went viral showing a cop kneeling on Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and forty-six seconds as he begged, in vain, for his life.
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10.56am GMT
Welcome to our live coverage of US politics for Monday. Here’s a catch-up on where we are and what we can expect from today:
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