To activists and community members, it’s George Floyd Square. “It’s for everybody in the world that wants to come here.”Marcia Howard, left, a group organizer, addresses activists and neighbors at George Floyd Square on 4 March. Photograph: Nicholas Pfosi/ReutersGeorge Floyd Square falls between Minneapolis’ eighth and ninth wards, represented respectively by city council member Alondra Cano and council vice-president Andrea Jenkins. She recently told the Guardian that the prospect of Chauvin’s trial was “traumatic” and that the neighborhood of George Floyd Square was struggling amid the aftermath of Floyd’s death and the coronavirus pandemic. A decal pasted onto a 38th Street sign marks George Floyd Avenue.

Source: The Guardian March 28, 2021 06:31 UTC