Coverage
2947 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Description
1. Pink square. Red banner with three fists (white, brown, black). Text reads 'raise you your voice'.
2. Tree with a heart at its roots. On the bottom tree is 'justice for George' above says 'I'll never understand but I stand with you'.
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.