Abstract
The Twin Cities and their suburbs have stood witness to years of state-sanctioned violence against Black bodies, including the murders of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, Dolal Idd on December 30, 2020, Daunte Wright on April 11, 2021, Winston “Boogie” Smith on June 3, 2021, and Amir Locke on February 2, 2022. In response, people took to the streets to create, in words and images, a visual record of the resistance and memorials through protest art. These “writings on the walls” exemplify the importance of street art and graffiti to engender empathy within the hearts and minds of the public as it establishes a visual confrontation and reminder of the consequence that institutionalized racism holds for Black bodies. Therefore, one ponders: When protest art is produced by communities during tumultuous times in response to institutionalized police brutality, what narratives do such action reveal?
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