Eight minutes 46 seconds
8 minutes 46 seconds (8:46) is a symbol of police brutality. It comes from the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Derek Chauvin, a police officer, put his knee on Floyd's neck. This stop Floyd from being able to breathe. The time that Chauvin spent kneeling was reported for weeks as 8 minutes 46 seconds. It was later reported as 7 minutes 46 seconds.  Body camera footage released in August 2020 showed that the actual time was 9 minutes 29 seconds. In the days after his murder, the duration became a focus of commemorations and debates, especially around Blackout Tuesday.