In New York City, Terrence Floyd, George Floyd's brother, unveiled a six-foot statue in Brooklyn as part of Saturday's Juneteenth celebrations. The new federal holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.The statue will be on display at Flatbush Junction for two to three weeks before moving to Union Square in Manhattan, according to CNN affiliate WABC.A George Floyd statue was unveiled outside city hall in Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday.
Mayor Ras Baraka said he hopes the 700-pound bronze statue, by artist Stanley Watts, will inspire people who see it to"become active in the things, the struggles that are happening right here in Newark and right here in New Jersey."Read MoreJuneteenth bill sails through Congress but key legislation targeting racial inequity faces major obstacles"George Floyd represents a lot more than himself," Baraka said ahead of the unveiling.
Where is Malcom X's statue?
feels like they're worshiping satin.
He a ughly dude in and out!
A violent drug addict with a criminal Record as long as my arm. The way he died was absolutely disgusting but why does this guy deserves a statue? What has be done to deserve it?
While innocent civilians in Palestine are being killed & What did he actually do for anyone though but sell drugs and rob pregnant women. He did not deserve to die but come on this man was a criminal and you made him a hero. America is a JOKE now
Fentanyl Floyd is not a man to be respected or thought about in a good way. He was a terror to his own community and people. Real Americans don't celebrate a life of criminality.
Ok. Let’s make a white monument to GF.
Any of Lincoln?
Oh good, a statue of a drug addict with a record who was running around town with covid-19 & no mask.
So he gets a statue what about Officer David Dorn who was killed during these stupid riots? So doing drugs, going to jail 9x including putting a gun to a pregnant woman’s belly gets you a statue.
🖕that pos. You people praising his statue are fools!
So ugly it might be considered a modern art masterpiece 😂
Hahaha , statue for criminal . Crazy :)
The race hate hives are a-buzzin' and the white supremacists are getting their spray paint ready. They will don hoodies and masks, deface and destroy and yell 'AntiFA' all at the same time.
Again, while Floyd's death was wrong, why the statues in his honor? What part of his life do you want young, Black men to Emulate? Between 1997 and 2005, he was convicted of eight crimes. He served four years in prison in 2007 for robbery in a home invasion. MLK, he ain't.
Hey, when are we tearing these down? If statues of real men can be removed, this criminal should never have gotten one. Ridiculous...
And this why the black community is so far behind. Immortalizing a druggy and violent person. Because he died by police. What did he stand for? Meth and theft?
Tear it down kr...
good lord these comments. every is calling him a criminal yet no one can say what he did.. its almost as if the drug accusations were disproven
this is exactly what the USA deserves for political and racial correctness .. fucking subhuman glorified in the form of a bronze statue
So another criminal being honored!
In 200 years the liberals of that era will just tear this down because it’s associated with racism...
The attack on voting rights , those who are denied their rights should not have to pay taxes.They should be exempt from federal and state taxes.
He was a criminal who threatened to kill a a pregnant woman.
What a joke 🤦♂️
People are tearing down statues of the founding fathers bc they had failings only to be replaced by a statue of a convicted criminal. The irony is very strong here.
Why? He's a thug,criminal and horrible person. No statue for the cops killed in the line of duty protecting us? I guess cnn glorifies only the criminal
A better statute of George would have him holding a gun to a pregnant woman’s head. Note to all: “ Do no harm lest harm comes to you “.
I can't breathe
😆can’t wait for these to be torn down. Much like our Civil War memorials.
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This is so unnecessary
He did not deserve to die, much less they way he did. But there are so many accomplished afro-americans who deserved this..
This is a step in the direction of strange. Statues will neither consol the family on their loss, nor address the problems that led to Floyd's death. In fact, statues, as an art fail to communicate almost anything at all. This is a gesture in name only and will accomplish nothing
Career violent criminal,drug abuser gets statue wow.
Tear it down! Why revere a criminal scumbag ?
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What a proud moment, celebrating that he was a criminal/drug addict, who wasn't murdered by the police, he overdosed on fentanyl. This man held a knife to his pregnant girlfriends belly! Why does this guy deserve a statue?
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So amasing
A statue for a career criminal who happened to be killed by police BUT statues of George Washington Abraham Lincoln are so horrible
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Sickening….making martyrs out of crack heads and criminals
Wow, the greatest person to ever live, pure, most upstanding citizen ever, wow! a real role model
We are living in a dystopia
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Building the statue of a criminal to commemorate the end of slavery. Very innovative and impressive, Americans.
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Ok, what happened to floyd was wrong 110%, but for fuks sake, they are trying to make this guy out to be a martyr and he was far from that. He was not a good person. Now let me hear the 'he served his time. He changed' from liberals while at the same time saying repubs dont chnge
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