Coverage
2819 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Description
Bubble letters reading "REVOLUTION" on a blue splatter background. "EVOL" is written in reverse, with red spra-paint and a heart inside the "O." The other letters are black and all are shaded with yellow.
"Justice For Homie George!!" and "Range" are at the top of the piece in black spray paint.
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.