Minneapolis Uprising: The Murder of George Floyd

Minneapolis Uprising – December 2021

December 1–31, 2021 Minneapolis

December 2021 in Minneapolis reflected a period of recalibration following the November ballot vote. Protesters continued organizing around police accountability and structural reform, emphasizing that the electoral outcome did not end calls for change.

George Floyd Square remained active through winter conditions, with ongoing memorial activity and protest gatherings maintaining visibility in south Minneapolis.

The month closed the year with sustained organizing efforts and continued public discussion about the future of policing in Minneapolis, setting the stage for debates and policy developments in 2022.

Key dates

Early December 2021 — Ongoing protest gatherings and organizing events continue.
December 2021 — Continued memorial and protest presence at George Floyd Square.

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*December 1, 2021* — Sign outside Orchestra Hall in Downtown Minneapolis that reads: “Music teaches us the value of listening. There is more for us to hear and more for us to do. Black Lives Matter”.

*December 1, 2021* — The Dayton’s holiday window on Nicollet Mall in Downtown Minneapolis in 2021.

*December 1, 2021* — Candles in a shape of a heart outside the courthouse where jury selection has begun in the Kim Potter trial. Potter is charged in the April 2021 shooting death of Daunte Wright.

*December 1, 2021* — Sign on the People’s Way sign at George Floyd Square that reads "Read the demands! Justice for Daunte Wright!"

*December 2, 2021* — A George Floyd sign hangs on a street pole in South Minneapolis. A yard sign reading "No Justice No Streets" in the yard.

*December 2, 2021* — Signage for new Metro Transit D-line bus coming to Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis.

*December 2, 2021* — Two people sit around the fire at George Floyd Square in December 2021.

*December 2, 2021* — A couple holds hands walking over the Stone Arch Bridge in downtown Minneapolis.

*December 2, 2021* — A Metro Transit bus crossing Marquette Ave in downtown Minneapolis on a rainy December night.

*December 2, 2021* — Marquette Avenue in Downtown Minneapolis during a December rain.

*December 2, 2021* — A couple walks down 1st Avenue in downtown Minneapolis during a December rain.

*December 3, 2021* — Third Avenue Food Market located at 1905 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404.

*December 4, 2021* — A Taco Taxi food truck on Lagoon Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis after a fresh snowfall.

*December 4, 2021* — Protest signs hang on fencing outside the Lake & Girard parking ramp. The day prior was 6 months from the day Winston Smith was killed by a Federal Marshal task force.

*December 4, 2021* — Stella's Fish Cafe restaurant on Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis during a December snowfall.

*December 4, 2021* — "We push for peace", a nonprofit organization that partners with police to de-escalate situations walks through Uptown Minneapolis on a snowy December evening.

*December 4, 2021* — A man walks down Nicollet Mall during an early December snowfall.

*December 5, 2021* — Fresh snow covers the private drive next to the Seven Points parking ramp. The area fenced off after protests over the law enforcement killing of Winston Smith on June 3rd, 2021.

*December 5, 2021* — The Bakken Museum in Minneapolis. The science museum was founded in 1975 by Earl Bakken, the co-founder of Medtronic.

*December 6, 2021* — Boards painted "We're Open" on Hufan Restaurant & Cafe on Lake Street. Transtifa graffiti on the second floor.

*December 6, 2021* — George Floyd's last words written on a fence in South Minneapolis.

*December 7, 2021* — A sign placed outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department asking protests to finish by 9:30pm.

*December 7, 2021* — Holiday lights hanging on the ARX Perimeters fencing that surround the Brooklyn Center police station. The fencing surrounds the facility after the shooting death of Daunte Wright in April.

*December 7, 2021* — The Brooklyn Center Police Department on the evening before opening statements in the Kim Potter manslaughter trial. Potter shot and killed Daunte Wright on April 11th, 2021.

*December 8, 2021* — Protesters march through downtown Minneapolis as the first day of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial ends. Potter is on trial for the April 11, 2021 shooting death of 20-year old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minn.

*December 9, 2021* — The Daunte Wright memorial in Brooklyn Center.

*December 9, 2021* — Air freshners hanging at the Daunte Wright Memorial in Brooklyn Center. They signify the item that it's been said he was pulled over for.

*December 10, 2021* — Welcome to Kingfield Neighborhood sign in Minneapolis during a December snowstorm.

*December 10, 2021* — A December snowstorm over Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis.

*December 10, 2021* — A biker with a burley trailer during heavy snowflal in Uptown Minneapolis.

*December 10, 2021* — Longfellow Family Foods corner store on Minnehaha Ave in Minneapolis during a December snowfall.

*December 10, 2021* — Longfellow Family Foods during a heavy snowstorm. Located at Minnehaha and E 35th street.

*December 10, 2021* — Fractal Cactus store on Minnehaha Avenue during a heavy snowfall.

*December 10, 2021* — The Dripping Root in a very snowy Minneapolis. Located on Minnehaha Avenue.

*December 19, 2021* — A mobile morgue setup at North Memorial Hospital just outside of Minneapolis. As the omicron COVID variant begins to spread, the state shows only 1 available adult ICU bed in the Twin Cities metro with health care workers saying they are overwhelmed.

*December 20, 2021* — A sign reading "Justice for Daunte" hangs in a window of an apartment building in Minneapolis.

*December 20, 2021* — Outside the courthouse while the jury deliberates in the Kim Potter trial. Sign reading “Where there is no accountability there will be no responsibility. Convict Potter”.

*December 20, 2021* — CourtTV vans outside the Hennepin County Government Center where Kim Potter is on trial for her involvement in the killing of Daunte Wright.

*December 20, 2021* — Justice for Daunte Wright signs outside the Hennepin County Government Center where Kim Potter is being tried for her involvement in his killing.

*December 22, 2021* — Protesters, activists and members of the Wright family gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center as the interior lights shut off for the third night in a row without a verdict. The sequestered jurors have now been deliberating in the Potter case for 24 hours.

*December 23, 2021* — Reaction outside the courthouse where former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter was found guilty on all manslaughter charges in the April 11, 2021 shooting death of Daunte Wright.

*December 23, 2021* — Emmett Till's cousin Deborah Watts outside the courthouse as the jury finds former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter guilty on all counts of manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright.

*December 23, 2021* — George Floyd's girlfriend Courteney Ross reacts along with activists outside the courthouse as the jury finds former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter guilty on all counts of manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright.

*December 23, 2021* — Daunte Wright Memorial at George Floyd Square in December 2021.