Floyd in Blue

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Title

Floyd in Blue

Coverage

4109 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Description

Blue portrait of George Floyd on plywood panel. Flowers have been left below the image.

Rights

posted on Instagram by @minneapolismurals

Publisher

Urban Art Mapping Research Project

Date

Contributor

CU

Identifier

UAM-GF_0813

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.

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paint

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