(George 8:46)

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Title

(George 8:46)

Coverage

3800 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Description

A billboard overlooking George Floyd Square is covered in a wash of black. Simple white font reads, in ascending scale, three sentences:

"Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out of me" (Luke 8:46)
"Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?" (John 8:46)
"I CAN'T BREATHE... MAMA" (George 8:46)

Source

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.The first two sentences are bible verses from the books of Luke and John, each the 46th verse from chapter 8 of the corresponding book.

The third sentence is a fragment of George Floyd's last words, alongside the approximate amount of time it took for him to die after Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for roughly nine minutes.

Rights

Photographer: Evy Envgrav

Publisher

Urban Art Mapping Research Project

Date

Contributor

F.S.

Identifier

UAM-GF_1780

Original Format

Billboard

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