Do The Right Thing

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Creator

Turman/#AdamTurman

Title

Do The Right Thing

Coverage

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Description

Mural with a red background. A Black man shows off "Love" and "MPLS" brass knuckles to the viewer. White text reads "Do The Right Thing" and "#Justice For George Floyd."

Source

See UAM-GF_0017 for additional angle and date of documentation

Also documented by Froukje Akkerman on 2020-06-15.

Rights

Photograph by Froukje Akkerman

Publisher

Urban Art Mapping Research Project

Date

Contributor

SE

Identifier

UAM-GF_0719

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

Mural

Geolocation

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