For the past several nights, Ebonie McMillan and her children have watched as protests over the death of Daunte Wright turned violent outside their home in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

The New York Times was in Minneapolis the moment the city - and the world - learned that a jury had convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin of murder in the death of George Floyd.

George Floyd Square began as a rallying point in the fight for racial justice. However, in the last year, the intersection has transformed into a contested space and autonomous zone that some say is harboring violence and criminal activity like “a festering wound.”

In the days after the election, Times reporters went to four swing state counties with some of the tightest vote margins to see how people were feeling. The answer? Still pretty divided.

Protesters and law enforcement officers clashed in Kenosha, Wis., over the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by a white police officer.

“If we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.”

We followed Minnesota organizer John Thompson whose run for office has taken on new urgency since George Floyd’s death.

The death of George Floyd at the hands of the police set off days of protests in Minneapolis. Demonstrators challenged a curfew on Saturday and took to the streets for the fifth day in a row.

The New York Times captured the scene outside the Third Precinct in Minneapolis as peaceful demonstrations over the death of George Floyd turned violent, and a group of protesters set the building on fire.

George Floyd, a Black man, died in May 2020 after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by Minneapolis police officers in an episode that was captured on video, touching off nationwide protests.