Following a weekend of demonstrations that went violent sometimes, thousands of officers have been deployed in Minneapolis as the jury deliberates the fate of former cop Derek Chauvin.
Around 1,100 Police officers and 3,000 National Guard agents were drafted into the city that lives the final moments in Chauvin's trial and waits for a verdict.
Sources said that reaching a verdict could take days of deliberations. On Monday, closing arguments were made and jurors retired to consider whether or not Chauvin should be convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and third-degree manslaughter of George Floyd.
Protesters rallied outside the 3rd Precinct over the weekend holding signs that read "Blue Lives Murder" and reclaiming a guilty verdict.
Minnesota Mayor Melvin Carter told CNN that the city that turned into a fortress had "an enormous amount of safety measures to make sure "that everyone in our community knows that there is justice in our justice system.
"When the entire world gets to see it that clearly, at some point, this trial also becomes a trial of our criminal justice system," he added.
