![Rev Al Sharpton arrives with the George Floyd family for a press conference outside the Hennepin County Government Center where opening statements in the Derek Chauvin were set to begin an hour later.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-hennepin-county-government-center-58.jpg)
![Ben Crump, the attorney for the George Floyd family speaks outside the Hennepin County Government Center prior to opening statements began in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Chauvin is accused of murdering George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-hennepin-county-government-center-59.jpg)
![Rev Al Sharpton speaks outside the Hennepin County Government Center where opening statements of the Derek Chauvin trial were set to begin. He's joined by George Floyd's brothers Philonise and Terrence Floyd.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-hennepin-county-government-center-60.jpg)
![National Guard guarding the Government Center.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-hennepin-county-government-center-61.jpg)
![George Floyd family, their attorney Ben Crump and Rev. Al Sharpton arrive to a heavily fortified Hennepin County Government center on the day of opening statements in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged in the May 25th murder of George Floyd.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-hennepin-county-government-center-62.jpg)
![Protesters rally and march through Downtown Minneapolis on the day opening statements began in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Chauvin is accused of murdering George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-downtown-minneapolis-63.jpg)
![Protesters rally and march through Downtown Minneapolis on the day opening statements began in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Chauvin is accused of murdering George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-hennepin-county-government-center-64.jpg)
![Protesters rally and march through Downtown Minneapolis on the day opening statements began in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Chauvin is accused of murdering George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-downtown-minneapolis-65.jpg)
![Protesters rally and march through Downtown Minneapolis on the day opening statements began in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Chauvin is accused of murdering George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-downtown-minneapolis-66.jpg)
![Protesters rally and march through Downtown Minneapolis on the day opening statements began in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Chauvin is accused of murdering George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-downtown-minneapolis-67.jpg)
![Protesters rally and march through Downtown Minneapolis on the day opening statements began in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Chauvin is accused of murdering George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-downtown-minneapolis-68.jpg)
![March 29, 2021 - Minneapolis -- Terrence and Philonise Floyd arrive to a press conference outside the Hennepin County Government Center where opening statements in the Derek Chauvin murder trial are set to begin.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/george-floyds-brothers-arrive-to-court-03.jpg)
![March 29, 2021 - Minneapolis -- Prortesters hold up signs outside the Hennepin County Government Center as opening statements in the Derek Chauvin murder trial begin.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/opening-statement-protest-06.jpg)
![March 29, 2021 - Minneapolis -- Ben Crump, the attorney for the George Floyd, Rev. Al Sharpton, and George Floyd Family take a kneel for 8:46 outside the Hennepin County Government Center prior to opening statements began in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Chauvin is accused of murdering George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/al-sharpton-ben-crump-george-floyd-family-kneels-09.jpg)
![March 29, 2021 - Minneapolis -- A woman ties ribbons in the shape of a heart to security fencing around the Hennepin County Government Center on the day opening statements began in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Chauvin is accused of murdering George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-downtown-minneapolis-19.jpg)
![March 29, 2021 - Minneapolis -- Protesters tie ribbons with stories of police brutality to the security fencing around the Hennepin County Government Center on the day opening statements began in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Chauvin is accused of murdering George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.](https://chaddavis.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-29-21-downtown-minneapolis-21.jpg)
March 29, 2021 – Minneapolis — Al Sharpton arrives for a press conference outside the Hennepin County Government Center where opening statements in the Derek Chauvin were set to begin an hour later.
March 29, 2021 – Minneapolis — Al Sharpton arrives for a press conference outside the Hennepin County Government Center where opening statements in the Derek Chauvin were set to begin an hour later.