George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
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.

Over a three-night period from May 27 to May 29, 2020, Minneapolis sustained extraordinary damage from rioting and looting—largely along a stretch of Lake Street south of downtown—including the demise of the city's third police precinct building, which was overrun by demonstrators and set on fire. At cost of $350 million, approximately 1,300 properties in Minneapolis were damaged by the rioting and looting, of which nearly 100 were entirely destroyed. Neighboring Saint Paul suffered damages that totaled $82 million and affected 330 buildings, including 37 that were heavily damaged or entirely destroyed, mostly along the city's University Avenue business corridor. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz activated the Minnesota National Guard in response to the riots, which resulted in the largest deployment of its forces since World War II. By early June, violence in the Twin Cities metropolitan region had resulted in at least 2 deaths, 604 arrests, and upwards of $550 million in damage to approximately 1,500 properties, the second-most destructive period of local unrest in United States history, after the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Violent riots in Minneapolis–Saint Paul over the death of George Floyd largely subsided after May 30, 2020. 

The community responded to the initial wave of unrest with an outpouring of donations, food drives, volunteer cleanup efforts, and public art installments, but the riots worsened local economic conditions and disproportionately impacted store owners and the cities' most vulnerable residents, who were already impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota. Many small business owners were unable to recover losses from looting and arson and found the rebuilding process was too slow. As available recovery funds were quickly exhausted, Minneapolis and Saint Paul officials sought state and federal support for recovery efforts. Minneapolis also experienced a sharp increase in violent crime after Floyd's death that disproportionately affected Black residents in the city.

A police abolition movement in Minneapolis sought commitment from public officials for a strategy to defund the city's police force. Local protests and unrest over Floyd's death broadened to other issues of racial injustice and continued into 2021 in the Twin Cities. Protesters still sought justice for Floyd and accountability for the four Minneapolis police officers deemed responsible for his death. The George Floyd Square occupation protest at East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue where Floyd was arrested and died persisted into 2021.
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