The man arrived in a pickup truck and spent several minutes vandalizing the site.
Displays and a structure at George Floyd Square in south Minneapolis were vandalized late at night over the weekend by a man with an ax in an act captured on video.
The damage occurred about 2 a.m. Sunday at 38th and Chicago, the intersection that has been an informal gathering place and remembrance since Floyd was killed by police on May 25, 2020.
“This was particularly upsetting that this would happen after the historic trial and the upcoming memorial,” said LaToya Evans, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit that is organizing a celebration of Floyd’s life on the anniversary of his killing by convicted murderer Derek Chauvin. Continue reading.