Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneels on George Floyd neck for 9 minutes 29 seconds

Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneels on the neck of 46-year-old George Floyd for 9 minutes and 29 seconds during an arrest for allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill. Floyd dies. Bystander video goes viral. Protests erupt across the United States and in cities worldwide, becoming the largest civil rights protest movement in American history. The Minneapolis Police Department fires all four officers involved the day after Floyd's death. Chauvin is later convicted of murder. The protests force a national reckoning with police brutality and racial justice.