A mural honoring George Floyd erected at Summit and Lagrange in Toledo has collapsed. According to Toledo Police, witnesses say it was destroyed by a lightning strike. 13abc’s Doppler Radar did show a lightning strike in that block at about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Toledo Police were seen outside the building, which used to house the Mugshots Bar, setting up tape around the pile of bricks that once formed the artwork….
The building itself is structurally sound, according to a City of Toledo building inspector. The building’s owner is working to clean up the bricks and tear down the rest of the mural wall.
But of course, the heartbreak in Toledo overflowing…
The City of Toledo has already released a statement on the mural, saying they will work with the arts commission on planning for a new mural, or help the commission and the artist find a new location, adding that they were heartbroken to see artist David Ross’s work collapse.
Note to Toledo: What God hath damned let no man redo.
Note to “artist” David Roth: Regarding the lower right-hand glop of black and white bullshit that proclaims “The revolution will not be televised.” Sounds cool but this “revolution” was televised into the burning ground. Grow a clue in your empty skull.
“The City of Toledo has already released a statement on the mural, saying they will work with the arts commission on planning for a new mural,…”
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Every one of the people that released that statement need to be pistol whipped with a 44 magnum.
VALJuly 14, 2021, 9:35 AM
Word on the street:
IT WAS WHITE LIGHTENING
enn essJuly 14, 2021, 9:49 AM
Tear down and disfigure our founding fathers statues eh! Here ya go. Retribution is coming R – U – Ready?
George Floyd’s lip be hangin’ down.
Doo dah doo dah.
Now the bricks be layin’ roun’
All the doo dah day.
Gwan to loot all night.
Gwan to shoot all day.
Bet my money on a feral mob
Chimpin’ an’ hootin’ today.
[To the tune of “Jingle Bells”]
Reads more like Camptown Races if you ask me. Didn’t watch the link.
LadyBikkiJuly 14, 2021, 1:29 PM
Toledo overflowing….now why did toilets and sewage come to mind ?
DrTedNelsonJuly 14, 2021, 1:38 PM
I can’t think of a “fuglier” mug to put on a mural, or a t-shirt, or a statue.
ddmillJuly 14, 2021, 1:55 PM
I fully expect hate crime warrant for GOD.
EX-Californian PeteJuly 14, 2021, 2:21 PM
And I don’t gets me no credit for breaking the story here? Geesh! (heh heh)
By the way, that story should be more than enough evidence for those who don’t believe in God to reconsider.
DianaJuly 14, 2021, 3:30 PM
I’m pleased that nature took care of that! Why do people want to praise and venerate a total criminal that died because he RESISTED arrest. That’s what happen… folks
NoriJuly 14, 2021, 7:29 PM
@Missy: Thank you for posting that link to Greta Thunberg’s first smile.
EX-Californian PeteJuly 16, 2021, 9:04 AM
Diana-
Correction. Floyd croaked because he had four times the lethal limit of Fentanyl in his system. He was saying “I can’t breathe” even before the cop grounded him and put a knee on his neck.
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“The City of Toledo has already released a statement on the mural, saying they will work with the arts commission on planning for a new mural,…”
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Every one of the people that released that statement need to be pistol whipped with a 44 magnum.
Word on the street:
IT WAS WHITE LIGHTENING
Tear down and disfigure our founding fathers statues eh! Here ya go. Retribution is coming R – U – Ready?
The NY Post has a photo of this piece of “art” as it appeared before the wall came a-tumblin’ down: https://nypost.com/2021/07/14/george-floyd-mural-collapses-witnesses-blame-lightning/
How fitting that Floyd’s face “decorated” the wall of the [former] Mugshots Bar.
Good catch, re: televised. Just the level of Leftist penetration into the media is enough to put one on a war footing.
And it’s Val — so far — for the WIN!
Gee, one would think the The Arts Commission of Toledo would be a little more…what’s that word…oh yea, “diverse” –
https://theartscommission.org/about
Well I can’t resist. My favorite “commissioner” by a mile is….
https://theartscommission.org/about#71299
George Floyd’s lip be hangin’ down.
Doo dah doo dah.
Now the bricks be layin’ roun’
All the doo dah day.
Gwan to loot all night.
Gwan to shoot all day.
Bet my money on a feral mob
Chimpin’ an’ hootin’ today.
[To the tune of “Jingle Bells”]
On the other hand,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IrMlYDMDhM
Reads more like Camptown Races if you ask me. Didn’t watch the link.
Toledo overflowing….now why did toilets and sewage come to mind ?
I can’t think of a “fuglier” mug to put on a mural, or a t-shirt, or a statue.
I fully expect hate crime warrant for GOD.
And I don’t gets me no credit for breaking the story here? Geesh! (heh heh)
By the way, that story should be more than enough evidence for those who don’t believe in God to reconsider.
I’m pleased that nature took care of that! Why do people want to praise and venerate a total criminal that died because he RESISTED arrest. That’s what happen… folks
@Missy: Thank you for posting that link to Greta Thunberg’s first smile.
Diana-
Correction. Floyd croaked because he had four times the lethal limit of Fentanyl in his system. He was saying “I can’t breathe” even before the cop grounded him and put a knee on his neck.