The US is gearing up for the verdict in the George Floyd murder trial. The jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis policeman accused of killing Floyd last year, has retired to consider its verdict.
The prosecution told jurors that Chauvin had murdered Floyd, but the defence said their client had correctly followed police training.
The court is being protected by barbed wire, high barriers and armed soldiers from the National Guard in anticipation of violence.
Cities across the country are bracing for protests regardless of the verdict.
Floyd's death at the hands of white officer Chauvin had triggered a wave of violent protests across the US last year.