Guerrilla gardens take root across Twin Cities Planted by activists, the gardens pay homage to the dead. July 3, 2021 5:04pm Text size Copy shortlink:
George Floyd Square, Daunte Drive and Winston Way.
Initially, activists and protesters claimed these plots of land as areas of protest the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue where a Minneapolis police officer murdered Floyd last year; the corner where a Brooklyn Center police officer shot and killed Daunte Wright in April; the parking garage where U.S. marshals shot Winston Boogie Smith Jr. in early June and near where a speeding, unlicensed driver killed protester Deona Marie Knajdek 10 days later.