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The artist made downloads of the stencil available for others to use. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yiyXy7Ax9b7X64YXaXBzAdIsKObSW_j4?fbclid=IwAR1jUfq_mu5lxQGa-By9N12g7DEscrhTJYoahorSYzQ8LfqP5c0gqw-yIe8]]>
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Manuel “Mannie” Elijah Ellis (August 28, 1986 - March 3, 2020) was a 33-year-old Black American man from Tacoma, Washington who was killed by hypoxia through physical restraint by Tacoma Police Officers on March 3, 2020.]]>

Additional references are made to others killed in acts of racially-motivated police brutality, such as John T. Williams, Jeanetta Riley, Sarah Lee Circle Bear, Daniel Covarrabius, Jackie Salyers. Manuel Ellis, Stonechild Chiefstick and Mantry Norris.

Below the George Floyd section is the word "Genocide." The left side of the mural references John T. Williams (Native American woodcarver murdered by the Seattle police in 2010) and includes large text reading "Human Rights" and a reference to BLM, along with a beautiful seascape. The right side of the composition includes potent symbols of Native identity, including petroglyphs, and fish. Sitting Bull, also killed in an act of violence that took many Native lives, is also depicted here. ]]>

The work was removed and relocated on June 23, 2020.

Additional information:

Atlas Obscura

Video featuring the artist

News article about the work

Sacred Point of View Gallery

Reference article: Native Lives Matter

This photograph, showing Robert "Running Fisher" Upham with his grandchildren, was submitted by the artist and is used here with permission from the family.]]>
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The artist made an Instagram post addressing the work on June 3, 2020. They posted the following with an image of a George Floyd Tribute that had previously been on the panels:


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"Before and after.
I appreciate all the compliments that I've received and all the praise for sharing my artistic voice. I'd really appreciate if you didn't forget the message behind why I painted this. You may think it is beautiful but I should have never painted this. George Floyd was senselessly murdered. This mural will eventually give way to the windows that hide behind, framing a bustling dining room full of people eating and drinking. George Floyd will never sit at one of those tables. The injustice and racism that he and countless black Americans endure each day is what I'd appreciate you to never forget. Raise your voice. Be the change."]]>
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WE CAN'T BREATHE. My mural dedicated to the horrific ongoing injustices 🖤
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Painted alongside @m3a3g3i3c @orbitldn @owe1_art @_squarms @samtkerridge @drt" ]]>
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