Title
RIP Floyd in blue with a peace sign
Coverage
2650 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Description
"RIP Floyd" is spray painted in blue on the plywood boards of the Uptown Walgreens. The "O" in "Floyd" is an upside-down peace sign.
Source
This Walgreens was looted and burned.
Rights
Annie Vitale (photographer): annenvitale@gmail.com
Publisher
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
Date
Contributor
AV
Identifier
UAM-GF_0640
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.
Original Format
Graffiti
Comments