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Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT toggle caption Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT Capitol View Arts and Austin Justice Coalition, in conjunction with the City of Austin and a team of artists and volunteers, paint the words Black Artists Matter along East 11th Street. Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT As the 2020 pandemic shutdown entered its third month last May, a nervous and exhausted world witnessed George Floyds death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. The act was brazen, c...

Michael Minasi / KUTX As the 2020 pandemic shutdown entered its third month last May, a nervous and exhausted world witnessed George Floyds death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. The act was brazen, committed while several other officers idly stood by, and fully captured on video. Like so many of the men of color killed by police who came before him, Floyd was unarmed. Massive amounts of people worldwide flooded the streets to protest, COVID-19 be damned. The outrage was not ...