The Minneapolis neighborhood where George Floyd died while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department has become both a permanent memorial to Floyd’s life and the national anti-racism movement that his death ignited as well as an epicenter for violence, according to a report from New York Times.
“Two months after the police killing of George Floyd, the four-block area of South Minneapolis where he gasped his last breaths remains a sacred space, a no-go zone for officers. There is a neatly trimmed garden, anchored by a sculpture of a raised fist. There are colorful murals and the words ‘I can’t breathe’ painted across the pavement, as well as the names of dozens of other Black people killed by the police,” the outlet noted Wednesday.
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