George Floyd protests graffiti art, Santa Monica, CA. | RG_06112020_DSCF3912.jpg
In the wake of looters invading and defacing more than 150 businesses in Santa Monica, Calfornia as a Black Lives Matter protest took the attention of the Police on May 31, the destruction has given birth to beauty as a kind of protestor graffiti art gallery has sprung up on the boarded-up properties. Santa Monica residents Laura Meshel, and Kaela Kleimann paint a mural 'Change, Rebirth, Justice' on the storefront of Optomeyes on 4th Street, Santa Monica. The protests against police brutality were sparked by the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis.
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