Tearful testimony and defense’s own goal: key moments in the Chauvin trial

Derek Chauvin's trial for the killing of George Floyd has cast a spotlight on racist policing

The trial of white former police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd has been one of the most high-profile cases in America's recent history and cast a spotlight on racist policing in the United States.

Floyd's death on the streets of Minneapolis triggered a wave of protests and civic unrest that spread from Minnesota out across the US and eventually around the world, forcing a reckoning with institutional racism.