March 2021 — A sign hanging on a fence around the Hennepin County Government Center that reads "Bringing in the National Guard. What could possibly go wrong?".

March 2021 — Protesters gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center prior to the 8am start of the Derek Chauvin trial. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is charged in the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — The Minnesota National Guard outside the Hennepin County Government Center.

March 2021 — Protesters gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center prior to the 8am start of the Derek Chauvin trial. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is charged in the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — Protesters gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center prior to the 8am start of the Derek Chauvin trial. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is charged in the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — George Floyd pins being sold outside the courthouse where the Derek Chauvin murder trial is taking place.

March 2021 — Protesters outside the courthouse where the Derek Chauvin murder trial is beginning in Minneapolis.

March 2021 — A protester writes with chalk outside the Hennepin County courthouse at the start of the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

March 2021 — Protesters behind security fencing that surrounds the courthouse where the Derek Chauvin murder trial is taking place.

March 2021 — Protesters gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center prior to the 8am start of the Derek Chauvin trial. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is charged in the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — Protesters gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center prior to the 8am start of the Derek Chauvin trial. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is charged in the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — Protesters gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center prior to the 8am start of the Derek Chauvin trial. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is charged in the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — A George Floyd memorial outside the courthouse on March 7, 2021 in Minneapolis where the Derek Chauvin murder trial is taking place.

March 2021 — The Minnesota National Guard at the Hennepin County Government Center during the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

March 2021 — Security outside the courthouse where the Derek Chauvin murder trial is being held.

March 2021 — A man speaks through the fence to the Minnesota National Guard during the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

March 2021 — Thousands march the day before the start of jury selection in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. The former Minneapolis Police officer is charged with the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — Protesters walking into "The Cage" around the Hennepin County Government Center.

March 2021 — Thousands march the day before the start of jury selection in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. The former Minneapolis Police officer is charged with the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — Thousands march the day before the start of jury selection in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. The former Minneapolis Police officer is charged with the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — Thousands march the day before the start of jury selection in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. The former Minneapolis Police officer is charged with the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — The day before Derek Chauvin goes on trial in Minneapolis for the murder of George Floyd a thousand march from the Government Center and down Hennepin Ave with a scroll that has 470+ names of people killed by MN police. Organizers point out Chauvin was involved in 5 of the names.

March 2021 — Thousands march the day before the start of jury selection in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. The former Minneapolis Police officer is charged with the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — Thousands march the day before the start of jury selection in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. The former Minneapolis Police officer is charged with the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

March 2021 — A Special Operations Sheriff's vehicle parked under the Hennepin County Government Center where Derek Chauvin is being tried for the murder of George Floyd.

March 2021 — Signage on secure fencing around the government center. The Derek Chauvin trial is set to begin on March 8th.

February 2021 — Security fencing being installed around the courthouse that will hold the Derek Chauvin murder trial over the death of George Floyd. Jury selection is to begin March 8th.

February 2021 — Security fencing being installed around the courthouse that will hold the Derek Chauvin murder trial over the death of George Floyd. Jury selection is to begin March 8th.

February 2021 — Security fencing being installed around the courthouse that will hold the Derek Chauvin murder trial over the death of George Floyd. Jury selection is to begin March 8th.

February 2021 — Security fencing being installed around the courthouse that will hold the Derek Chauvin murder trial over the death of George Floyd. Jury selection is to begin March 8th.

February 2021 — Fencing continues to go up around the government center in preparation for Derek Chauvin's murder trial.

February 2021 — Activists held a press conference this afternoon outside the government center to announce a March 8th protest. They say the fortification of government buildings and acting like the people are the problem is not going to stop this community from demanding justice and change.

February 2021 — Activists held a press conference this afternoon outside the government center to announce a March 8th protest. They say the fortification of government buildings and acting like the people are the problem is not going to stop this community from demanding justice and change.

February 2021 — A woman holds a sign at a press conference announcing a March 8th protest at the start of the Derek Chauvin trial.

February 2021 — A CourtTV van parked outside the Hennepin County Government Center. CourtTV will be providing the cameras and video feed to the media pool during the Derek Chauvin Trial that begins March 8th. Chauvin is charged in the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.

February 2021 — The Hennepin County Public Safety Facility, the county jail, behind security fencing in preparation for the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

February 2021 — The Hennepin County Juvenile Justice Center with boarded windows in preparation for the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

February 2021 — February 23, 2021 - Minneapolis -- Razor wire lined up between security fencing outside the Hennepin County Government Center where the Derek Chauvin trial begins on March 8th, 2021.

February 2021 — Razor wire being installed around the courthouse that will host the Derek Chauvin trial in less than 2 weeks.

February 2021 — Razor wire being installed around the courthouse that will host the Derek Chauvin trial in less than 2 weeks.

February 2021 — Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office with security being installed prior to the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

February 2021 — February 22, 2021 - Minneapolis -- Barbed wire fencing put up around government buildings in downtown Minneapolis in preperation for the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

February 2021 — Security measures taking shape around the courthouse where Derek Chauvin will be on trial for the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.

February 2021 — February 18, 2021 - Minneapolis -- Security measures taking shape around the courthouse where Derek Chauvin will be on trial for the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.

February 2021 — February 17, 2021 - Minneapolis -- The Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis is where former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin's trial over the death of George Floyd will take place. Jury selection starts on March 8th, 2021. The area around the courtroom is being secured by barricades and layers of fencing in preperation for unrest.

February 2021 — February 17, 2021 - Minneapolis -- The Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis is where former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin's trial over the death of George Floyd will take place. Jury selection starts on March 8th, 2021. The area around the courtroom is being secured by barricades and layers of fencing in preperation for unrest.

January 2021 — Around a hundred joined a NYE nationwide call for protest supporting those imprisoned by the state. The Minneapolis Police, State Patrol, Golden Valley PD, Hennepin Sheriffs, & state aerial surveillance descended on the area to arrest dozens after the jail was spray-painted.

January 2021 — Around 100 in Minneapolis joined a NYE nationwide call for protest supporting those imprisoned by the state. After the jail was spray-painted Minneapolis Police, State Patrol, Golden Valley PD, Hennepin Sheriffs, & state aerial surveillance descended on the area to arrest dozens.

January 2021 — Around 40 were arrested after participating in a annual natiowide "Noise Demonstration" calling for the abolishing of prisons and standing in solidarity with those incarcerated.

January 2021 — Around a hundred joined a NYE nationwide call for protest supporting those imprisoned by the state. The Minneapolis Police, State Patrol, Golden Valley PD, Hennepin Sheriffs, & state aerial surveillance descended on the area to arrest dozens after the jail was spray-painted.

November 2020 — Minneapolis Police, Park Police and Hennepin County Sheriff officers arrest 14 after a march through Uptown Minneapolis on Election Night.

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September 2020 — Barricades outside the Hennepin Count Public Safety Facility. The facility had been barricaded after protesters gathered asking for arrested protesters to be released.

September 2020 — Hennepin County Family Justice Center in Downtown Minneapolis. Located at 110 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN 55401.

August 2020 — National Guard & Hennepin County Sheriff on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis on August 29th, 2020. The vehicles are seen after rioting broke out following false rumors of a police shooting days prior.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Court House boarded up in Downtown Minneapolis after false rumors of a police shooting.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Sheriffs Officers patrol outside the Norstrom Rack and IDS Center in Minneapolis after looting and vandalism on August 27th, 2020.

August 2020 — Pizza delivered to protesters outside the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis by “jail support” as they demand the release of protesters arrested earlier in the evening. Protesters had marched after Jacob Blake was shot in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Sheriffs Officers holding cans of irritants inside the garage of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility, a downtown Minneapolis jail. Protesters were gathering demanding the release of other protesters who were arrested earlier in the evening after a protest through downtown in a Jacob Blake solidarity march.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Sheriff's Officers guarding the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. Protesters had gathered after a dozen protesters were arrested following a large march downtown in solidarity with Jacob Blake.

August 2020 — Vandalism of the front doors of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility in downtown Minneapolis.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Sheriff's Officers guarding the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. Protesters were gathered after a dozen protesters were arrested following a large march downtown in solidarity with Jacob Blake.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Sheriffs Officer with a gas mask on outside the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Sheriff's Officers guarding the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. Protesters were gathering after about a dozen protesters were arrested following a large march in solidarity with Jacob Blake.

August 2020 — Protesters gather at the downtown jail seeking the release of protesters who were arrested earlier in the evening at a downtown Minneapolis march.

August 2020 — Inmates inside the City Hall Jail look down on protesters outside who are playing music and asking for their release.

August 2020 — Woman holds up a sign that reads "Murderous Police" "City Of Lakes" at a protest and march in solidarity for Jacob Blake held in downtown Minneapolis at the Hennepin County Government Center.

August 2020 — A rally outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Downtown Minneapolis in solidarity with Jacob Blake after he was shot by police in Kenosha, WI on August 24, 2020.

August 2020 — A rally outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Downtown Minneapolis in solidarity with Jacob Blake after he was shot by police in Kenosha, WI.

August 2020 — Notice about encampments and COVID-19 posted on the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis seen on August 10, 2020.

July 2020 — Graffiti on the Hennepin County Medical Examiner building near downtown Minneapolis. Graffiti reads “Abolish the police” and “AutoZone them again” (referring to the burning of the AutoZone building that was the first building burned during 2020 riots).

June 2020 — A National Guard member on the roof of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Forensic Science Laboratory in downtown Minneapolis. About an hour later a 10pm curfew went into effect due to unrest over the death of George Floyd on May 25th while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police.

June 2020 — Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis. Barricades in place just prior to a curfew that was put in place over unrest over the killing of George Floyd on May 25th while in custody of the Minneapolis Police.

May 2020 — Protesters gather outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis on May 28, 2020.

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May 2020 — Minneapolis City Hall and the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis on a clear night.

March 2019 — Man working on a water tank for the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center.

October 2018 — Hennepin County Government Center, construction was completed in 1977. While often looked at as a single building, it’s actually 2 different towers with glass in between them. When viewed from the northeast or southeast(such as this photo), the building gives the appearance of the letter H for Hennepin. The towers are accessible from each other via catwalks on each floor. Glass walls were added after multiple suicides.

August 2015 — The Capella Tower in Downtown Minneapolis. The Hennepin County Government Center on the right.

October 2014 — Looking down from what was a parking garage before it was demolished to make way for the Minneapolis Public Service Center.