Floyd in Blue
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.
Blue portrait of George Floyd on plywood panel. Flowers have been left below the image.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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CU
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UAM-GF_0813
4109 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Say Their Names: Portraits of Breonna Taylor and Michael Brown
Portraits of Breonna Taylor and Michael Brown pasted onto plywood. The names Breonna Taylor and Michael Brown are next to the respective portraits and "Say their names" appears below them Yellow tape with the words "there is a line you do not cross" running horizontally behind the portraits.
Face Me Por Favor
It appears that the portraits cover graffiti that says
"Stop the cops" and "Justice 4 George"
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Annie Vitale (photographer): annenvitale@gmail.com
UAM-GF_0621
38th St., Minneapolis, MN, USA
Only Justice Can Bring Peace
Cluster of texts on plywood. Image of George Floyd on paper. Inked "RIP GEORGE" above red stencil and spray-painted "ONLY JUSTICE CAN BRING PEACE" and freehand cursive "Power to the People." Two red stencils of the BLM fist are to the right. Beyond those are a black stencil "ONLY JUSTICE CAN BRING PEACE.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Froukje Akkerman
Minnesota
UAM-GF_0415
Nicollet Ave.