The murder of George Floyd

South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform

Junauda Petrus asks: What if we 'give the Police Department to the grandmothers?'

A person posing for a picture near a bush.
Activist and writer Junauda Petrus wrote the poem "Give the Police Departments To The Grandmothers" following the police killing of Michael Brown in 2014. Petrus lives near 38th Street and Chicago Avenue where George Floyd died during a police stop on Memorial Day.
Courtesy of Junauda Petrus