38th Street and Chicago Ave, South Minneapolis, MN, USA
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An informational sticker was placed on a city pole. The sticker reads "Community Watch Area. Trust, respect, and communication are essential to healthy community; protect your friends and neighbors from unified gang members and other suspicious characters. Police Not Welcome." The sticker includes an circle with a slash through it over a picture of a police officer.
A large portrait of George Floyd in black and white on a plywood panel, mounted on a metro transit stop. Here the panel has emerged as an impromptu memorial site with many offerings. This is located directly adjacent to the location where George Floyd was murdered.
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Panel by Peyton Scott Russell; Photograph by Lisa Keith
A freestanding portrait of George Floyd in black and white. In front of the portrait are flowers, signs, stuffed animals, candles, and other objects to pay tribute to George Floyd.
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George Floyd Square
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Creator: Peyton Scott Russell
Photographer: Rachel Weiher
"George" is painted in Gothic script on plywood boards. "George" is painted in a gold wash with blue shadows. It is surrounded by a light pink abstract splash with a yellow halo over the "e" in "George." The artists tag is painted on the left side, "Pil Getemz 2020."
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.
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.
A "Road Closed" sign on a barricade has been augmented to emphasize "Road Closed Forever" with teal spray paint.
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This was produced and documented at George Floyd Square in the context of ongoing conversations about the long-term fate of this area, currently closed to vehicular traffic. For additional context, see Floyd Memorial At Stake.
A wide-view of Chicago Avenue directly next to Cup Foods shows a variety of memorials to Floyd, including decorated flowerbeds overflowing with thriving plant life, chalk drawings covering the pavement, cut flowers, cardboard signs, and other tributes. To the left of Cup Foods, a large black and white portrait of Floyd by Peyton Scott Russell is mounted on a MetroTransit bus shelter.
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The location in which George Floyd was murdered by the Minneapolis Police Department has since been transformed into a memorial. The zone, regarded as "George Floyd Square," is filled with memorial tributes to Floyd. Residents from the neighborhood maintain that the streets remain barricaded off in order to protect the area from traffic.
Chicago Ave and E 38th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Surrounded by flowers and other tributes at George Floyd square, an acrostic poem appears using “Floyd.” The vertical letting of “Floyd” is orange outlined in yellow and the following text emerging from “Floyd” are yellow. Reading top to bottom the poem reads: “From tragedy, Love must prevail, Our Cry..., Your tragedy, Demands, Change.” The word “change” breaks from the acrostic structure and this change is noted by the artist changing the text color to green. This poem was painted on the street directly next to where George Floyd was murdered. A red, velvet rope marks the sacred space where he died.