George Floyd and A Community of Care

You are asked to enter the George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis on foot. You can walk yourself (and your bike, if you’re acting defiantly and not securing it outside the memorial bounds) toward the spot where George Floyd was killed near the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue.

On May 25, 2020, one Minneapolis policeman knelt on the neck of George Floyd. Three policemen stood by. One teenage girl recorded the violence on video.

That video, and the widescale reaction to it, made this part of south Minneapolis into a site of mourning. A heterotopia. A memorial that continues to evolve.