My Ride into South Minneapolis This Morning

[onekgguy]

I rode into South Minneapolis this morning to pay homage to George Floyd who died there beneath the knee of a Minneapolis poice officer. It was a sobering experience and an emotional one as well.

Video from my ride

Kevin g


Grafiti by Kevin Gilmore, on Flickr

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Minneapolis Police Dept Precinct 3 by Kevin Gilmore, on Flickr

Remnants of AutoZone store by Kevin Gilmore, on Flickr


Where George Floyd was killed by Kevin Gilmore, on Flickr


Neighborhood Priest by Kevin Gilmore, on Flickr

Mural of George Floyd by Kevin Gilmore, on Flickr

[fogrider]

This country has a long ways to go.

[Waldo62]

onekgguy, thank you for sharing. Important stuff.

[mtechnica]

Thanks for posting. Ballsy ride not gonna lie. Be safe.

[Blue Jays]

Good luck to all our Paceline friends in Minneapolis / Saint Paul. Please stay safe.
Curt Goodrich also has his framebuilding workshop there. Hopeful for him, too.

[Dino Suegiù]

Originally Posted by onekgguy

I rode into South Minneapolis this morning to pay homage to George Floyd who died there beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. It was a sobering experience and an emotional one as well.

Kevin g

Thank you for posting this, onekgguy. Yours is a wonderful and humane gesture (there irl and here virtually)
Stay safe, take care.

Also any members in Louisville, Phoenix, Los Angeles, etc....

Ahmaud Arbery + George Floyd: RIP, may your deaths not be simply two more deaths in vain.

[Dino Suegiù]

Originally Posted by fogrider

This country has a long ways to go.

Indeed, and backwards is the wrong direction.
What is happening is truly horrifying.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by fogrider

This country has a long ways to go.

It does and made worse by what's going on(virus)..people are scared and angry. Also made worse by a tweet I heard about concerning treatment of protesters..really vile, but not surprising at all(Twitter violation awarded....)

I saw another about a 'few bad apples'(Police Union)..but there are a few of these, it seems, in every police department, everywhere..and they hold the 'ultimate authority', with reference to what I saw on TV not 3 weeks ago..

[Elefantino]

Thanks, onekguy. From those of us watching from afar, we ache for Minneapolis.

I lived through 1968 and don't want to see this year become its descendant.

[OtayBW]

I am shocked.
I shouldn't be,
but I am.

This is unreal,
but it's not.

This is unacceptable....

[NHAero]

Thank you Kevin.
Beyond understanding...and personally so hard to square with my experience of MSP - my wife is from that area, and I have many dear friends/colleagues there. Have always felt that Minneapolis is the most civil larger city in the US.

The video of Mr. Floyd's murder is the single most horrifying thing I have seen in my life. I realize that it is one in a 400 year history and yet nothing has ever brought it home to me, has penetrated to my core, in such a way.

[trener1]

I am absolutely NOT shocked.
I have been living in a big city all of my life I have seen up close and personal how police behave.
The bad apples argument is B---S! this culture starts at the top and works it's way down to the beat cop.
And if my post offends anyone sorry, but NOT sorry.

Originally Posted by OtayBW

I am shocked.
I shouldn't be,
but I am.

This is unreal,
but it's not.

This is unacceptable....

[smellymcfatfats]

Originally Posted by NHAero

The video of Mr. Floyd's murder is the single most horrifying thing I have seen in my life. I realize that it is one in a 400 year history and yet nothing has ever brought it home to me, has penetrated to my core, in such a way.

Thanks for pointing that out. These events aren't new, just recorded.

[mistermo]

Thanks for sharing. Powerful.

In peaceful democratic societies, the majority rules only through willful consent of the minority. In return for their consent, the minority expects protection of their rights. This is the principal this country was built upon. We can do better.

[XXtwindad]

Great “bike journalism.” Thanks for sharing.