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WATCH: 700 Pound Statue of George Floyd Unveiled in New Jersey
breitbart.com ^ | 6/18/2021 | Amy Furr

Posted on 06/20/2021 12:14:50 PM PDT by rktman

A New Jersey city offered a tribute to George Floyd Wednesday by unveiling a 700-pound bronze statue of him outside Newark’s City Hall.

Mayor Ras Baraka and other officials attended the ceremony where it was presented, WPIX reported.

“Hopefully it inspires those who walk by to be more active, take part in activism,” Baraka commented.

Actor and filmmaker Leon Pickney commissioned the statue that was sculpted by artist Stanley Watts. The piece was donated to the city and will be on display for at least one year, the WPIX report said.

Pix 11 shared video footage of the unveiling ceremony, showing attendees pulling a tarp off the statue:

“The world needed a peaceful George. The world needed him relaxed and chilling, on a bench, and that’s what we produced,” Watts said.

In May, Lakers star LeBron James added his voice to others in the NBA who urged Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, describing Floyd as a man who “literally changed the world.” Breitbart News reported:

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; americanheroes; blackkk; didyousearch; drugstop; georgefloyd; lebronjames; leonpickney; moreoldnews; newark; newjersey; rasbaraka; stanleywatts; suicide
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To: rktman

It’s made out of manure just like George Floyd, right?

I wonder how they’d feel if an angry mob of “peaceful protesters” came and ripped it down?


21 posted on 06/20/2021 12:26:59 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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22 posted on 06/20/2021 12:28:14 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress.)
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To: rktman

The woman in red is like: “glad it weighs a bit more then me. That would be embarrassing.”


23 posted on 06/20/2021 12:30:06 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive soo. words? Not being able to say them...God wins. )
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To: rktman

wonder if it can breathe...


24 posted on 06/20/2021 12:30:17 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: rktman

Thx. But I’ll pass on watching.


25 posted on 06/20/2021 12:35:29 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: rktman

Not even close to enough.

We need to create a religion, around Saint Georgius Floydicus, the Savior of Mankind!


26 posted on 06/20/2021 12:35:57 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: hoe_cake

60 +++ YEARS

$27 TRILLION +++++

This is the result !!!!


27 posted on 06/20/2021 12:36:39 PM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Stravinsky

George Floyd was pure trash. Since when do drug addicts get a statue? Our history is being trashed as more whites were slaves. These pukes in the teachers association are twisting US history.


28 posted on 06/20/2021 12:36:47 PM PDT by Lumper20 (If one never sn erved in war-shing/she should never be a Gov. Department head.)
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To: CJ Wolf

I had to figure out which one was the statue.


29 posted on 06/20/2021 12:37:06 PM PDT by RightLady (Save Western Civilization.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Add woman abuser too


30 posted on 06/20/2021 12:37:11 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: CJ Wolf

I had to figure out which one was the statue.


31 posted on 06/20/2021 12:37:14 PM PDT by RightLady (Save Western Civilization.)
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To: rktman

“Tear it down!”

- Antifa


32 posted on 06/20/2021 12:37:54 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I'm changing my name to 'Spike Protein'!)
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To: rktman

The statue is so true to life that if you look at it just so, you can see the drugs he was hooping in his keister.


33 posted on 06/20/2021 12:40:14 PM PDT by farmguy
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To: rktman

Not woke enough. Tear it down!
/Leftthink


34 posted on 06/20/2021 12:41:39 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is the last legally elected U.S. President.)
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To: Lazamataz

LMAO Laz. You are exactly right as this seems to be where we are going. We must figure out how to stop it .


35 posted on 06/20/2021 12:44:01 PM PDT by Lumper20 (If one never sn erved in war-shing/she should never be a Gov. Department head.)
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To: rktman

I’m referring to him as “George Washington Floyd” from now on.


36 posted on 06/20/2021 12:44:05 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Any comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: rktman
Last year the US Census reported that the current 13% of the population which is black will in the near term future be reduced to 8%. Want to take a guess at who will be responsible for that reduction?

Here's a clue: 70% abortion rate and 70% violent crime rate.

America’s White Democrat Elites appear to be hell bent/driven to kill and then replace Black Americans with their illegal Hispanics and their beloved Muslim imported thugs!

1. Blacks each month in their blue cities are killed by Blacks shooting other blacks. Who provides the guns and ammo to blacks to kill each other? Guns and ammo are expensive.

2. Then, the elite Democrats kill monthly, only God knows how many Blacks with Fentanyl and coccaine OD each month, brought in by the Mexican drug cartels and Chicoms making and providing these deadly drugs for delivery to the Mexican Cartels each month to distribute to the Black Communities across America. Again, who provides the money to buy these killer drugs?

Drug seizures over all are up by 18 percent in May from April 2021. While that number is actually lower overall compared to May 2020 and a number of other months in both FY 2020 and 2021, seizures of the deadly drug fentanyl are significantly higher – up by more than 300% over May last year. CPB said that seizures of the fatal drug through May in FY 2021 are 56% higher than all of FY 2020.

Fentanyl, an opioid for pain treatment, is between 50 and 100 times more potent than morphine. More than 36,000 people died from overdoses involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl in 2019, according to the CDC. How many blacks killed by these illegal drugs are not listed as OD deaths?

Fentanyl seizures at the border rise; no fix in sight from Biden admin!

3. Each year the White Elite Democrats will abort about a million black babies in their Mother’s wombs. Again, who pays for these abortions?

4. Will there be any young and fertile Black Americans alive in 1-2 decades in America?

Not, if the elite White Democrats in control of our nation have their way!

37 posted on 06/20/2021 12:48:58 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (“Respond only to polite and intelligent posters, who don’t insult you or usp! Forget the others!”b)
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To: rktman

LOL! ‘OFFS!’ was my first response, too!

“The piece was donated to the city and will be on display for at least one year...”

I’m guessing it’s defaced or damaged well before that.


38 posted on 06/20/2021 12:52:26 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: rktman; SunkenCiv

I hope the statue is hollow, like the one of Enver Hoxha that the Albanians pulled down in 1990.


39 posted on 06/20/2021 12:53:43 PM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: rktman

Where’s an ‘out of control’ speeding 18 wheeler when you need one? **At 3am, when I think your alone now, doesn’t seem to be anyone aro-ound.


40 posted on 06/20/2021 12:56:00 PM PDT by lee martell
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