Over the weekend, a large
The project was a joint effort between the Billie Holiday Theatre and Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr., who had reached out to artist Dawud West for the project.
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The police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, sparked protests across the United States and worldwide.
A video of the incident shows Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes as the 46-year-old pleaded: "I can't breathe."
Following the killing, protests erupted in at least 140 US cities, with thousands of people taking to the streets against police violence.