Daunte Wright Memorial at George Floyd Square, Minneapolis
April 2021 — A Daunte Wright memorial at George Floyd Square. Daunte Wright was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center Police on April 11th, 2021.
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April 2021 — A Daunte Wright memorial at George Floyd Square. Daunte Wright was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center Police on April 11th, 2021.
April 2021 — Written on the former gas pumps at the Speedway gas station at George Floyd Square: "they could give every one shelter, clean water, healthy food, but instead they bomb other countries. fuck trump fuck obama"
April 2021 — A sticker on a light pole inside George Floyd Square in South Minneapolis.
May 2021 — The front of the Chicago Fire Arts Center at the George Floyd Memorial in South Minneapolis.
May 2021 — The sun sets behind The Peoples Way at George Floyd Square.
May 2021 — "Roll Skate Bounce" event at George Floyd Square.
May 2021 — "1 Down 3 to go!"
May 2021 — The community gathers to watch a screening of the movie "Mayor" at The People's Way at George Floyd Square.
May 2021 — The Say Their Names Cemetery, located a block from George Floyd Square, on the night before the 1-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.
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May 2021 — Large crowd gathering at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of his murder.
May 2021 — George Floydās aunt Angela Harrelson speaks to the crowd at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of his murder.
May 2021 — A community medic dances with one of George Floyd's family members on the 1-year anniversary of his murder.
May 2021 — Community gathered at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of his George Floyd's murder.
May 2021 — The community gathered at 38th and Chicago (George Floyd Square) throughout the day on the 1-year anniversary of George Floydās murder.
May 2021 — The community gathered on the 1-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder.
May 2021 — Jaylani Hussein(CAIR-MN) speaks at 38th and Chicago (George Floyd Square) on the 1-year anniversary of George Floydās murder.
May 2021 — The community gathered at 38th and Chicago (George Floyd Square) throughout the day on the 1-year anniversary of George Floydās murder.
May 2021 — A child raises her fist during a performance of Common at George Floyd Square during Rise and Remember 2021.
May 2021 — Performers on stage at George Floyd Square on the 1 year anniversary of Floyd's murder.
May 2021 — The fist at George Floyd Square during Rise and Remember 2021.
May 2021 — Common performs the hit song āGloryā with Sound of Blackness at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of George Floydās murder.
May 2021 — Grammy award winning Common performs the hit song āGloryā with Sound of Blackness at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of George Floydās murder.
May 2021 — The community sits on rooftop billboards watching Common perform with The Sound of Blackness at George Floyd Square on the 1 year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. George Floyd Square has been community controlled since May 26th, 2020.
May 2021 — Food being grilled at Rise and Remember 2021 at George Floyd Square. The event is held on the anniversary of George Floyd's murder at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis.
May 2021 — The community gathered at George Floyd Square on the 1 year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.
May 2021 — Candles displayed with the names of victims of police violence at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of his murder.
May 2021 — Say Their Names Cemetery with candles on the 1-year anniversary of George Floydās murder.
June 2021 — The "Say Their Names Cemetery" in South Minneapolis near George Floyd Square. The cemetery holds the names of those who suffered from police violence.
June 2021 — City employees move in to open George Floyd Square to vehicle traffic. The early morning activity took place almost a year after the area was closed after the murder of George Floyd.
June 2021 — City employees place concrete barricades around the location of George Floyd's murder. The area inside George Floyd Square has been a protest zone since his murder by the Minneapolis Police.
June 2021 — Minneapolis city workers coordinate to remove street barricades around George Floyd Square. The square has been a protest zone since the murder of George Floyd.
June 2021 — Flowers from the George Floyd Memorial in boxes as the city moves in to open up the streets.
June 2021 — Jay Webb speaks at the garden in George Floyd Square while the city is opening the square to vehicle traffic.
June 2021 — Community gathering at George Floyd Square after city officials cleared out barricades and added new barricades around the memorials.
June 2021 — The warming shelters used at George Floyd Square arriving at City of Minneapolis impound lots after the city opened up the area to vehicular traffic.
June 2021 — Minneapolis Public Works clears out new barricades that were placed on 38th Street.
June 2021 — A woman holds a "No Justice No Streets" yard sign on the day the city tried to clear out barricades around the square.
June 2021 — The City of Minneapolis cleared out barricades at the break of dawn but as the sun set the community had set up new barricades.
June 2021 — Black Lives Matter sign hung over blue tarps over barricades at 38th Street and Elliott at George Floyd Square. City workers removed barricades the day before.
June 2021 — Street barricades at Columbus and 38th Street in South Minneapolis. The barricades are at the edge of George Floyd Square. They replace barricades the city removed days earlier in an attempt to open up the area to vehicular traffic.
June 2021 — A sign at George Floyd Square reading "Please take what u need, don't be greedy or stealing. Everything is for everybody. Take care of each other"
June 2021 — Plastic candles melting in the summer heat at the George Floyd Memorial at George Floyd Square.
June 2021 — Street barricades at 37th and Chicago Ave. The barricades replace those the city removed days earlier in attempts to open up the street to vehicular traffic.
June 2021 — Vehicles drive through George Floyd Square three days after the city removed barricades to open it to vehicular traffic.
June 2021 — The street barricades that have been continuously added and removed at East 37th St and Chicago Avenue in George Floyd Square. Days earlier the city removed concrete barricades to open up vehicular traffic.
June 2021 — Various new barricades have been placed at George Floyd Square ever since the city helped clear out barricades on June 3rd.
June 2021 — A t-shirt and sign placed at the George Floyd Memorial at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis.
June 2021 — The garden on Chicago Ave in George Floyd Square.
June 2021 — Traffic control measures put in place at George Floyd Square about 2 weeks after Minneapolis Public Works removed street barricades. The space has been community controlled since the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.
July 2021 — A "sun dog" at George Floyd Square. Apparently sun dogs are rare in the summer?
July 2021 — Signs at George Floyd Square on a rainy night in Minneapolis.
July 2021 — Chicago Avenue in George Floyd Square during a Canadian wildfire smoke filled evening.
July 2021 — "Read the Demand" "Justice for Murphy Ranks!" at George Floyd Square on July 29, 2021.
July 2021 — A smoky evening at George Floyd Square during air quality warnings over Canadian wildfire smoke. The wildfires brought the worst on record Minnesota air quality to the state for weeks at a time.
August 2021 — A memorial for Emmett Till at the Say Their Names Memorial near George Floyd Square.
August 2021 — A memorial for Leneesha Columbus, who was shot and killed on July 5th, 2020 near George Floyd Square.
August 2021 — A "Days without answers" sign at George Floyd Square.
August 2021 — The "Raised Fist" at 38th and Columbus.
August 2021 — A sign reading "Foot Traffic Only" and "Winston Smith was Assasinated" seen at George Floyd Square in South Minneapolis.
August 2021 — Imez Wright memorial at George Floyd Square
August 2021 — A rainy evening in George Floyd Square looking down Chicago Avenue.
August 2021 — Street barricades on Chicago Avenue in August 2021.
September 2021 — Say Their Names Cemetery in South Minneapolis near George Floyd Square.
September 2021 — The George Floyd Memorial at George Floyd Square.
September 2021 — Lawn clipping bags used as barricades after the city cleared out barricades at 39th/Chicago Ave.
September 2021 — Memorial for Dameon “Murphy Ranks” Chambers. Chambers was killed on Juneteenth 2020.
September 2021 — A map with pins signifying the locations of those who have visited the square.
September 2021 — George Floyd Memorial at George Floyd Square.
October 2021 — A flyer seen at George Floyd Square. I-94 Arrestee Legal Support Lawyers will explain legal options offered by Minneapolis City Attorney.
October 2021 — 612 Mash truck at George Floyd Square.
October 2021 — Warming shelters at the Minneapolis Impound Lot. The city removed them from George Floyd Square on June 3rd.
October 2021 — "I love that I hate that I love you" seen on the ground at George Floyd Square.
October 2021 — "Youth N' Power" written on a stone near the Say Their Names Memorial at George Floyd Square.
October 2021 — The Pillar of Truth Deliverance Temple Drum Line making it's way down Chicago Avenue at George Floyd Square.
October 2021 — The George Floyd Memorial on what would have been George Floyd's 48th birthday.
October 2021 — Paris Stevens, George Floyd's cousin, speaks at George Floyd Square on what wouldāve been George Floyd's 48th birthday.
October 2021 — George Floydās aunt Angela Harrelson, his cousin Paris Stevens, Jeanelle Austin along with friends of George Floyd release balloons on what would have been his 48th birthday. āØāØThe event at George Floyd Square was put together by the George Floyd Global Memorial.
October 2021 — Metasota performs at George Floyd Square on what would have been George Floyd's 48th birthday.
October 2021 — Known MPLS performs at George Floyd Square on what would have been George's 48th birthday.
October 2021 — Crowd at George Floyd Square following a vigil on what would have been his 48th birthday.
October 2021 — Candles being lit on what would have been George Floyds 48th birthday.
October 2021 — A caretaker at George Floyd Square lights candles at the George Floyd Memorial.
October 2021 — Minneapolis police squad cars and an ambulance behind Say Their Names Cemetery at George Floyd Square.
October 2021 — A pumpkin carving at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis.
October 2021 — GFS and fist pumpkin carvings at The Peopleās Way at George Floyd Square. The area has been a place of protest since the May 25th, 2020 killing of George Floyd.
October 2021 — The Murphy Ranks memorial at George Floyd Square after Minneapolis Public Works made an attempt to clear it.
November 2021 — The Murphy Ranks Memorial on Chicago Avenue inside George Floyd Square.
November 2021 — A sign reading "Warning Twin Cities Police Easily Startled" at 39th and Chicago Avenue, George Floyd Square.
November 2021 — Artists and community members help remove the George Floyd mural prior to snow arriving.
November 2021 — Minneapolis Police and Rescue respond to a man having a medical emergency as he drove through the east side fist. No one on the scene was injured.
November 2021 — Minneapolis Police and Rescue respond to a man having a medical emergency as he drove through the east side fist. No one on the scene was injured.
November 2021 — First snowfall at the Say Their Names Memorial near George Floyd Square.
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December 2021 — Sign on the Peopleās Way sign at George Floyd Square that reads "Read the demands! Justice for Daunte Wright!"
December 2021 — Two people sit around the fire at George Floyd Square in December 2021.
December 2021 — Daunte Wright Memorial at George Floyd Square in December 2021.
January 2022 — The fist at the intersection of 37th and Chicago in South Minneapolis. A sign that reads āYou are now entering the free state of George Floydā.
January 2022 — George Floyd Square on an evening where temperatures would hit -16F.
January 2022 — A COVID-19 testing site operated by Haya Health on Chicago Avenue.
January 2022 — George Floyd Square as the federal civil rights trial of 3 former officers enters it's second week of testimony in a St. Paul.
January 2022 — A sign at George Floyd Square mentioning Kokou Christopher Fiafonou. Fiafonou was shot and killed by law enforcement in Austin, Minnesota on December 23, 2021. Authorities said shortly after that Fiafonou was armed with a knife and was threatening others.
January 2022 — George Floyd Square as the federal civil rights trial of 3 former officers enters it's second week of testimony in a St. Paul. 1 Down! 3 to go! The World Is Watching!
February 2022 — A sign at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis reads "AMIR LOCKE WAS LYNCHED! JUSTICE NOW!!" The phrase "WHERE THERE'S PEOPLE THERE'S POWER" is spray-painted on the canopy of a nearby structure. George Floyd Square became a focal point for protests following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and has since been a site of ongoing activism and community organizing. Amir Locke, a Black and Indigenous man, was killed by Minneapolis police during a no-knock warrant raid in February 2022, sparking renewed calls for justice and police reform.
February 2022 — George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, a site of ongoing protest and mourning, is shown at night. Raised fist sculptures, draped in blankets in memory of Amir Locke, stand at the intersection. The area, which has been open to traffic since June, continues to serve as a community gathering space for open meetings and remembrance. The "AMIR LOCKE" banner on the barricade signifies the ongoing impact of his death on the community's activism.
February 2022 — Five raised fist sculptures, memorials to George Floyd and Amir Locke, stand covered in snow at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. The intersection, which became a focal point for activism and remembrance following the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the killing of Amir Locke in 2022, has remained a site for community mourning and protest. Although the square was reopened to traffic in June, it continues to serve as a space for public expression and remembrance.
February 2022 — The "Say Their Names Cemetery" memorial at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis honors victims of racial injustice and police brutality. Established in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder in May 2020, the memorial features headstones bearing the names of individuals lost to violence. The site became a central point of the occupied zone at the intersection, which activists renamed George Floyd Square. This winter scene shows the memorial covered in snow, with the names of George Floyd, Tanya Blanding, and Byron Williams visible.
February 2022 — A chair and table, hand-painted with "GEORGE FLOYD," are situated in the snow at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. This location, formerly the intersection of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street, became a significant site for protests and activism following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. The area was occupied by activists for an extended period, during which the "Say Their Names Cemetery" memorial was established. The presence of these objects in the winter landscape serves as a somber reminder of Floyd's death and the square's continued importance as a place of remembrance and protest.
February 2022 — George Floyd Square, a memorial site in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is covered in snow. The square was established following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and became a focal point for racial justice protests. The "AM I NEXT" banner visible in the foreground reflects ongoing concerns about police brutality and systemic racism. The memorial includes a large portrait of Floyd and numerous tributes, such as flowers and candles, left by visitors.
March 2022 — A mural depicting former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling is displayed on the exterior of a building at 812 East 38th Street in Minneapolis. The artwork is situated near George Floyd Square, a location that became a significant site of protest and activism following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. Kaepernick, known for his protests against racial injustice and police brutality during NFL games, is honored in this mural, which serves as a visual statement within a neighborhood that has been central to discussions on racial equality and social justice.
March 2022 — A fire pit burns at George Floyd Square, also known as "The People's Way," in Minneapolis. This location became a significant site for protests and community organizing following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. The fire pit serves as a gathering point and a symbol of resilience and community presence within the area. It represents a space for warmth, reflection, and ongoing dialogue among those who frequent the square.
March 2022 — This greenhouse at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis was established as a space for community expression and remembrance following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. The planters, decorated with "Black Lives Matter" and "Black Gang Brown Lives Matter" slogans, signify the ongoing activism and social justice movements in the area. The greenhouse, with its floral displays, represents a continued commitment to honoring Floyd's memory and advocating for racial equality. It serves as a testament to the community's resilience and their efforts to cultivate dialogue and foster change.
March 2022 — The "George Floyd Mural" is painted on the exterior wall of Cup Foods, a grocery store located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This mural was created in honor of George Floyd, who died on May 25, 2020, outside this establishment after being subjected to police brutality. The artwork, situated in the area that became known as George Floyd Square, serves as a memorial and a symbol of the protests and uprising that followed Floyd's death. The mural features Floyd's portrait, the phrase "I Can Breathe Now," and a list of other victims of police brutality, functioning as a site of remembrance and a call for justice.
March 2022 — The George Floyd Square Memorial, located at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, serves as a site of remembrance and protest following the murder of George Floyd in 2020. The memorial features a "raised fist" sculpture, which is draped with a blanket in honor of Amir Locke, who was killed by Minneapolis Police in February 2022. This space has become a significant community gathering point for discussions on racial justice and police accountability.
April 2022 — A storefront in South Minneapolis with "End Racism" in the window.
April 2022 — A sign reading "Historic George Floyd Memorial" at George Floyd Square.
April 2022 — A memorial for Imez Wright who was fatally shot on March 6, 2021.
April 2022 — A map with pins for the visitors of George Floyd Square.