Eight minutes 46 seconds

8′46″ (8 minutes and 46 seconds or 8:46) is the length of time with the killing of George Floyd, who died in police custody after police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for roughly eight minutes.[1][2]

In the days after his death, and the protests that followed, that specific time span has become the focus of debates, especially around Blackout Tuesday.[3]

The time has been specifically referenced in "die-in" protests in Minneapolis, New York, Chicago Boston, Philadelphia, Portland, Denver and other cities, where protesters lay down for 8 minutes and 46 seconds to protest police brutality.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

References
  1. Hill, Evan; Tiefenthäler, Ainara; Triebert, Christiaan; Jordan, Drew; Willis, Haley; Stein, Robin (2020-05-31). "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  2. "8 minutes, 46 seconds". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  3. Cooper, Gael Fashingbauer. "Music industry players including Mick Jagger, Quincy Jones respond to George Floyd's death with Blackout Tuesday: 'This is what solidarity looks like'". CNET. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  4. Pozo, Nathalie (June 2, 2020). "Thousands of protesters hold die-in, march through Boston to protest death of George Floyd". WHDH. Retrieved 2020-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "George Floyd protest updates: City curfews going into effect nationwide". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Protests show no sign of fading more than a week after the death of George Floyd". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  7. "Denver sees a third day of protests over George Floyd's death". Denverite. 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  8. "Hundreds of protesters in New York staged a die-in in Times Square". SBS News. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  9. "Hours of peaceful protests in Portland again followed by unlawful assembly". KGW. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  10. "In Philadelphia, there were nine minutes of silence. In LA protesters knelt with their hands up in peace signs as they waited to". DNyuz. 2020-06-03. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  11. Wehelie, Benazir; Woodyatt, Amy (June 3, 2020). "'I can't breathe': Hundreds lie down in protest". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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