The George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul began in the U.S. state of Minnesota on May 26, 2020, as a response to the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man who died on May 25 after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds as three other officers assisted during an arrest. Civil unrest in Minneapolissometimes called the Minneapolis riots or Minneapolis uprisingspilled over into Saint Paul and other locations in Minnesota and quickly inspired a global protest movement against police brutality and racial inequality.