George Floyd Mural Destroyed by Lightning Strike in Ohio
The mural was reduced to a pile of bricks following the strike.
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A mural dedicated to George Floyd was decimated by a bolt of lightning in Toledo, Ohio, witnesses say.
The Doppler Radar did show a lightning strike hit the same block as the George Floyd mural, confirming witnesses' accounts.
The George Floyd Memorial mural at Summit and Lagrange in Toledo has come down. No word yet on the circumstances #13abc pic.twitter.com/SkB2eDhijB
— Shaun Hegarty (@Shaun_Hegarty) July 13, 2021
The mural was reduced to a pile of bricks following the strike.
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Witnesses told police their account of the lightning strike hitting the mural.
The building was used to house the Mugshots Bar.
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Community outreach with @Guttadave working on a mural in north Toledo Ohio in memories of George Floyd and all the people who died from Police brutality!
— KinG Roshawn Jones (@Roshawn_Jones) July 11, 2020
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Toledo police were at the scene putting tape around the pile of bricks that once formed the artwork.
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The mural was painted almost one year to the date of its collapse last July.
UPDATE: Witnesses have told authorities that the George Floyd mural was struck by lightning before it collapsed. https://t.co/u0QHZVh7Zp
— WTVG 13abc (@13abc) July 13, 2021
Below is what the shrine looked like last summer before the lightning strike.
Many activists across the country have built shrines for George Floyd, who died in Police custody last year before sparking a wave of protests and riots.
Another mural for Floyd instructed special rules for white people, as reported earlier this year.
The sign at the square reads:
“A Sacred Space for Community, Public Grief, and Protest.”
White people about to enter George Floyd square are given special instructions pic.twitter.com/3gzpwqUmtS
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) April 21, 2021
