New Mural Painted to Honor George Floyd

Mic drop

You are the new law and order candidate. Someone else recently called himself that, I'm sure you are a big supporter.

10:41 - boo hoo... the "rules" didn't apply to George Floyd, so why should they apply to some paint on a building that reminds us ALL of what atrocities are happening to people of color? Quit your whining, at least you can BREATH.

to clarify - when I say the rules didn't apply, I mean there are no rules that allow a police officer to kneel on a man's throat until he's dead.

Your logic is typical of a sociopathic tweenager. Grow up. What will your next logical progression be ?

Ok Karen. Im sure you can program those hotlines into your phone.

I think it's in a great place and much needed to remind everyone stop the hating.

Oops, there are deep deep roots of Black history in Santa Barbara and not only has it been ignored, it's been erased. This is a small step to acknowledge that erasure and the ongoing movement of Black people's rights. This has nothing to do with looting, the majority of protests are peaceful, it's the police that are initiating violence.

If you don't think that this national event has anything to do with Santa Barbara, maybe that is because we are primarily Caucasian and Latino here and don't have much understanding for racial problems in the US. The Indy ran an article on one of the black doctors in town recently and the problems he encountered- you might want to read that article to gain some understanding. Otherwise, keep up with your posts that seem to lack knowledge of reality.

Tony Denunzio - very well publicized.

Yeah, that was a good article in the Indy about Dr Horace McMillan.

Wow. I'd be okay with more mural of survivors (not victims) if they were okay with the publicity. Why not recognize the people in our society who are normally hidden in the shadows? I don't see the sense in your arguments at all.

@ 8:24 - I completely agree and you said it well. That is one of the main messages of a certain segment of our population and what various politicians push on a constant basis, namely, the "I'm a victim because of you."

I don’t see it as a victimhood thing. I see the message as “let’s all figure out how to not let this happen again.”

Agreed maybe if he was local I would feel a little bit better about it.
It was completely wrong what happened to him and I think everyone agrees on that but we really don't need a mural the size of a whole building not to mention I bet its going to cause accidents with the amount of people going to look.

Sure are alot of racist people living here.

..This is America not just Santa Barbara, California we all live in America this was George Floyds home too not just yours...

boy... you are so offended by that. It's uncomfortable, isn't it? Thinking about all of the rape victims, abused children, murder victims, war victims, etc etc. Watching George Floyd die, suffer for 8 minutes is extraordinarily uncomfortable. You would not want to be reminded of it every day, would you? It has nothing to do with Santa Barbara, and how can a person enjoy our beautiful town if everywhere they looked, there was a picture of someone who was a victim. I hate to let the cat out of the bag, but everywhere you look there is a face of someone who has suffered in some capacity. Pretending it doesn't exist makes you culpable, just like the cops who watched George Floyd die and did nothing.

Looks like you should start here first: https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/getinvolved/sbplsystem/details.asp?NewsID=2186&TargetID=31

The Santa Barbara Public Library has a website with historical photos of the Black community on the Central Coast: http://www.luna.blackgold.org/luna/servlet/view/all?sort=

Other unauthorized murals have taken months to be removed. Like Gator Boy. This one hasn’t gotten any special treatment yet. Stop imagining things.

agreed it should be taken care and get permits if they want to do it all over again.

Yes, but Gator Boy was not in such an in-your-face location. We need to memorialize the unjust death of George Floyd. The manner of his death deserves to be remembered and every major city in the USA should dedicate some form of remembrance to Floyd. This wonderful piece of artwork should be placed somewhere within our City. Putting up an unpermitted mural, however, is not legal and this needs to be removed until permitted and/or be placed elsewhere-----legally.

9:44 - If you feel so strongly, why don't you save the City some work and "whitewash" it yourself? Please let us know when you do, so we can come watch! It would be fun!

Rex, you are not able to come to a conclusion about something that we all have seem without our imperfect justice system telling you what to think? He might not be convicted, but he is definitely a murderer. Just like those cops that beat Rodney King were assaulters whether or not the Simi Valley jury agrees.

You're right, Pitmix. I forgot that in this country we're presumed guilty until proven innocent. Regardless of what we know and saw, Chauvin must still be PRESUMED innocent until PROVEN guilty.

Rex, I understand that being an older white man this doesn't affect you. Stay in your white bubble and continue to grumble about broken sidewalks and noisy planes. Let the rest of us learn from the people of color in our community about the inequities they deal with on a daily basis.

Rex, legally he is presumed innocent until he is convicted. This is a legal construct. Morally we all know what he did. So you would argue that the lynch mobs in the south that we deemed innocent by the all-white juries were truly innocent in your eyes? Seems like a corruption of the truth to me.

@12:19 pm: your abject ignorance is staggering.
Learn to read.