Key events since the death of George Floyd

A man walks past a mural in the Houston neighbourhood where George Floyd grew up on Tuesday (David J Phillip/AP)

A timeline of key events that began with George Floyd’s arrest on May 25, 2020, by four police officers in Minneapolis:

– May 25. Minneapolis police officers respond to a call soon after 8pm about a possible counterfeit 20-dollar note being used at a corner grocery and encounter a black man, later identified as George Floyd, who struggles and ends up handcuffed and face down on the ground. Officer Derek Chauvin uses his knee to pin Mr Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes while bystanders shout at him to stop. Bystander video shows Mr Floyd crying “I can’t breathe” multiple times before going limp. He is pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.