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N.J. city to unveil 700-pound statue of George Floyd

2021-06-17

[NJ] Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Wednesday is set to unveil a statue of George Floyd that officials say will be displayed outside City Hall for at least a year.

"The artwork honors the life of George Floyd, an African-American man who was brutally murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer," the mayor’s office said in a statement. "Mr. Floyd’s death elevated the ’Black Lives Matter’ movement which has resulted in an international response, including protests, police reform measures, and the removal of Confederate statues from public parks and racist names from organizations."

Baraka will join actor, director, and filmmaker Leon Pickney, who commissioned the 700-pound statue and the sculptor, Stanley Watts, among other officials at the event, according to the mayor’s office. The event is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. outside City Hall on Board Street and will be streamed via the city’s Facebook page.

The statue was donated to the city this week as part of an effort to develop a "world class public art program," in Newark, the announcement said.

The ceremony will also honor Juneteenth, which is Saturday and marks June 19, 1865, when slavery was ended in the United States. Also called Jubilee Day or Liberation Day, the date is when Union troops brought news of the Emancipation Proclamation to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, declaring all people held in slavery must be freed.

Posted by:Fred

#24 It'll be fun watching pigeons give him a whiteface.

Posted by: Dron66046 2021-06-17 22:42

#23
Pigeons...Lots of pigeons.... and Seagulls...

How nice of Newark to accept a new roosting spot for wildlife, kind of matches the lifestyle and lifetime of the roost. Or as he might of said "all that shit."

Posted by: Squinty Phonter3092 2021-06-17 22:39

#22 He lost weight.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-06-17 20:41

#21 Move over Chaka Zulu & Nelson Mandela.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-06-17 19:35

#20

Posted by: Jusong Protector of the Sith3597 2021-06-17 18:38

#19 "My God, it's full of..."

Posted by: Jones of the Night of Joy7516 2021-06-17 16:50

#18 Its a Golem, animated by shoving drugs up its ass.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-06-17 15:05

#17 George was a big, beefy guy, but 700 lbs? The thing must be made of irony.

Posted by: SteveS 2021-06-17 13:57

#16 The statue was donated to the city this week

Payoff, disguised as art. Sort of a Maltese Falcon idea, but dumb.

Personally, I can't wait to see it; I anticipate something epic, caste in the traditional African Methods.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-06-17 10:20

#15 Ah'm projecting a white paint water balloon bombing.

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-17 09:54

#14 The statue will dispense fake $20 bills and have a continuous "I can't breathe" soundtrack. Call it looping instead of hooping...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-06-17 09:42

#13 #12 --> #10

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-06-17 09:41

#12 ^😎

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-06-17 09:34

#11 Will his statue be shoving drugs up his ass?

Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-06-17 09:32

#10 #6 well if in the last one, whole regiments were made up of fireman, I see no reason that would inhibit one largely composed of former policemen.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-06-17 09:29

#9 dey be revealin' dey banana

Posted by: Thramble Hupolutle1985 2021-06-17 08:55

#8 I know you meant "reaching for a banana," B, but retching a banana will do also.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-06-17 08:52

#7 Ref #4: "Comment dumped"....no! Actually, I'm reavhing for a banana.

Posted by: Besoeker 2021-06-17 08:50

#6 If/when there's an American Civil War II, will there be a "Derek Chauvin Brigade"?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-06-17 08:45

#5 Minnesota prosecutors ask court to reject Derek Chauvin defense team's motions for new trial

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-17 08:37

#4 OK, I'm going to say it. If my comment is dumped, I understand.

We are now living in the early days of Planet of the Apes...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-06-17 08:21

#3 Made of?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-06-17 02:45

#2 In Newark a Lazaran sentinel
Well-cast of a substance most plentiful
Drawls, "Get you a ticket
To visit and lick it,
All y'all who would follow St. Fentanyl."

Posted by: Jones of the Night of Joy7516 2021-06-17 01:38

#1 Can we secede already? Make it a reverse secession. The USSA can secede from the rest of the country. Then they can have their own Soros DAs, unfounded unarmed i.e. outgunned police, tranny story hours etc.

Call it Floydia. The final event of secession itself could be referred to as the Floydian Slip.

Posted by: Maggie Jotch1148 2021-06-17 01:09

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