Coverage
708 W 22nd St, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Description
Purple, pink, and blue "Black Lives Matter," with matching fists at the bottom of each letter.
Painted panel with sweeping colors over a black brick wall. The Minneapolis skyline is in the lower third. Black Power Fists are along the bottom of the panel.
Blue "George Floyd" with hearts around it.
Subject
George Perry Floyd (October 14, 1973 - May 25, 2020) was a 46-year-old Black American man who was murdered by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin after Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes in the Powderhorn neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020. Floyd’s murder sparked an international movement for Black Lives Matter, the largest civil rights movement of the century. On March 12, 2021, the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Floyd's family. On June 25, 2021, Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for his crimes.