New 700lb George Floyd Statue in NJ

NEWARK, N.J. (WPIX) – New Jersey’s most populous city paid tribute to George Floyd on Wednesday, unveiling a 700-pound bronze statue in his honor outside Newark’s City Hall.

Mayor Ras Baraka, along with other dignitaries, were on hand for a ceremony where the artwork was presented.

“Hopefully it inspires those who walk by to be more active, take part in activism,” Baraka said.

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The artwork, according to organizers, is meant to celebrate Floyd’s life. Floyd, a Black man, died on May 25, 2020, after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly 10 minutes.

His death reignited discourse over police interactions with Black Americans and sparked nationwide protests calling for societal and criminal justice reforms.

https://www.wbtw.com/news/george-floyd-statue-weighing-700-pounds-unveiled-in-new-jersey/





Let's all sit down and celebrate the life of a violent druggo thug. Yeah that makes sense. Leftists truly are a puppy short of a pet shop.

yeah...this happened in June or earlier. Then someone defaced it. I"ll go see if i can find that article or link.

No redeeming value as art.. the statue. Makes you wonder what kind of 2 bit pathetic loser of an artiste did this piece o' shite.

and then you wonder who this egotistical jackass with more money than good sense paid for this garbage.

https://newjersey.news12.com/policegeorge-floyd-statue-in-newark-defaced-with-white-supremacist-graffiti

defaced....LOLOL  sounds like a psyops to me.

I'll bet the mayor and the council had it done to drum up a little outrage.

Why would this statue inspire anything from anyone? Certainly no one that knew anything about George Floyd would find anything inspiring about the statue, just as there was nothing inspiring about George Floyd.

If anything, it's a monument to our lying media, which is absolutely nothing to be proud of.

whats absolutely comical is the muslim who ran this circus would castrate the male nogs before selling them as slaves.

Uh huh, a career criminal POS, a drug addicted drug dealer, who threatened a pregnant woman with a weapon........what took them so long!!??

Where are the school field trips? Where are the ballads? Why aren't streets being renamed in his honor?

C'mon you disgusting democrats get busy, I KNOW you can make it all happen!