“Please, I can’t breathe.”
George Floyd’s heartbreaking final plea appeared on Monday in paint on the side of a downtown Santa Barbara business. The mural, painted by Griffin Lounsbury and Chad ( Chadillac Green ) Westmoreland, depicts George Floyd and his last words on the Haley Street wall of EOS Lounge nightclub.
George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on May 25 sparked nationwide outrage and fueled protests and riots across major cities in America that continue today. On Sunday, Santa Barbara held a peaceful protest at the county courthouse attended by more than 3,000 people who then marched along State Street . The next day, the mural went up.