# George Floyd Square

george floyd square is an occupation protest and memorial site at the intersection of East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The street intersection is where George Floyd, an unarmed 46-year-old black man, was killed on May 25, 2020, by Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer during an arrest outside the Cup Foods convenience store. The manner of Floyd's death, which was captured on video by a bystander and circulated widely in the media, sparked a global protest movement about police violence and structural racism.Local unrest in Minneapolis–Saint Paul immediately after Floyd's death was the second most destructive in United States history, after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, but peaceful protest gatherings at the intersection were free of property destruction, arson, and looting that characterized other demonstrations.