US Lightning? Disrepair? Conflicting reports on what may have caused George Floyd mural to collapse - God has smote the George Floyd mural

Witnesses: George Floyd mural at Summit and Lagrange destroyed by lightning strike​

[Initially posted this in the pinned "smaller stories" thread, but this is kind of a big story]

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - 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 PM this afternoon.

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 George Floyd Memorial mural at Summit and Lagrange in Toledo has come down. No word yet on the circumstances #13abc pic.twitter.com/SkB2eDhijB
— Shaun Hegarty (@Shaun_Hegarty) July 13, 2021

The mural was painted nearly one year to the date of its collapse in July 2020. Groups have held memorial services for Floyd in front of the mural, including on the one-year anniversary of his death at the hands of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin was later convicted of murder and sentenced to 22.5 years in prison.

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.

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.

 

[I Love Beef]

Not going to lie, I'm not surprised this happened again. Back in 2007, God decided to smite down a big statue of Jesus on the lawn of a megachurch in Ohio as well.

He works in mysterious ways, but I also believe He also works by karma as well. Ohio just seems to be where everyone there tends to get on His case. That, or He uses the state as His message board to the USA.

 

[JambledUpWords]

I hope this happens to more murals

 

[Penis Drager]

Imagine if it gets struck again LOL!

At that point, I may have to take the fedora off, repent, and embrace the coming rapture.

 

[SiccDicc]

Not going to lie, I'm not surprised this happened again. Back in 2007, God decided to smite down a big statue of Jesus on the lawn of a megachurch in Ohio as well.

He works in mysterious ways, but I also believe He also works by karma as well. Ohio just seems to be where everyone there tends to get on His case. That, or He uses the state as His message board to the USA.

Was Ohio that state that had a city sue God for natural disasters and a document that would require His signature got signed with like no one on the CCTV to account for it?

 

[L50LasPak]

wait
> Toledo, Ohio
what
Why the fuck is there a George Floyd memorial nowhere near where he actually died?

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

wait
> Toledo, Ohio
what
Why the fuck is there a George Floyd memorial nowhere near where he actually died?

It's not like there's much else to do Toledo, unless you enjoy rust belt urban decay. Maybe they were hoping it would become a future pilgrimage site for followers of the Floydist Religion. He died for those new sneakers you looted.

 

[JambledUpWords]

wait
> Toledo, Ohio
what
Why the fuck is there a George Floyd memorial nowhere near where he actually died?

There’s a mural of St. Floyd in Palestine. He’s more of a cult figure than an actual person at this point with the way people treat him. It doesn’t help that last year I saw articles comparing him to Jesus.

 

[tehpope]

So who’s the other nigger?

Gil Scott-Heron. Black poet and singer. Most famous for The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. He also is the dude sampled on Kanye's Lost in the World and Who Will Survive in America.

 

[I Love Beef]

Was Ohio that state that had a city sue God for natural disasters and a document that would require His signature got signed with like no one on the CCTV to account for it?

Ah no, that would be Arizona and Nebraska. And Romania too! Too bad Dracula didn't think of that before the modern era, but hey, before his time.

Ohio, everyone. Where its biggest city's river catches on fire annually and God uses the state as His own personal message board!

 

[Dr Naomi Hunter]

LMFAO that is gold.

Does this also mean that god is racist too and will be #cancelled?

 

[SiccDicc]

There’s a mural of St. Floyd in Palestine. He’s more of a cult figure than an actual person at this point with the way people treat him. It doesn’t help that last year I saw articles comparing him to Jesus.

My favorite part in the Bible is when Jesus broke into someone's home and put his sword to a woman's pregnant stomach while his disciples ransacked the place.

 

[Dr Naomi Hunter]

My favorite part in the Bible is when Jesus broke into someone's home and put his sword to a woman's pregnant stomach while his disciples ransacked the place.

People have been saying that Jesus wasn’t white a lot lately.

 

[thx1138]

It is human nature to seek culpability in a time of tragedy. It is a sign of strength to cry out against fate rather than to succumb. Many shall fault the hands upon the sword which felled Floydmural, the Ordo Malleus. But the Inquisition merely performs the duty of its office. To further fear them is redundant: to hate them, heretical. Those more sensible will place responsibility with those who forced the hand of the Inquisition. With some fortune, they may foster this hatred into purpose, and further rule their own fate by coming to the Emperor's service.

Yet ultimately, it was I who set these events into motion, with a single blow from my hammer, George Splitter.

 

[Getwhatyou]

Fuck this is funny. Even god is a racist

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

Ohio, everyone. Where its biggest city's river catches on fire annually and God uses the state as His own personal message board!

Hey now, Cleveland finally managed to put the river out. Which also got rid of the main reason to visit Cleveland. Here's what you do if you find yourself in Northern Ohio for a weekend. You drive to Port Clinton, you get on a ferry to South Bass Island and Put-In-Bay and you engage in the state's time honored tradition of binge drinking. If you want to be classy about it you go to the island's winery. There, I'm giving away "secrets" about the parts of the state that don't suck, you're welcome.

 

[thx1138]

Hey now, Cleveland finally managed to put the river out. Which also got rid of the main reason to visit Cleveland. Here's what you do if you find yourself in Northern Ohio for a weekend. You drive to Port Clinton, you get on a ferry to South Bass Island and Put-In-Bay and you engage in the state's time honored tradition of binge drinking. If you want to be classy about it you go to the island's winery. There, I'm giving away "secrets" about the parts of the state that don't suck, you're welcome.

What about visiting Tony Packo's Hungarian chili dog stand in Toledo?

(Yes, that's a real place, but I only found out about it watching MASH 4077 way back in the stone age)

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

I've never been in Toledo long enough, but Jamie Farr probably snuck that in there himself, so they're probably good. Ohio has a surprisingly good food culture, if low key except for our watery "chili". There are some nice things in Toledo, but Northern Ohio is still rust belt and they got hammered. The middle and the south western parts of the state still have a ton of manufacturing, but the heavy industry is gone.

Port Clinton is closer to Toledo than Cleveland though, so it's doable. You'd probably want it after the Island.

 

[thx1138]

I've never been in Toledo long enough, but Jamie Farr probably snuck that in there himself, so they're probably good. Ohio has a surprisingly good food culture, if low key except for our watery "chili". There are some nice things in Toledo, but Northern Ohio is still rust belt and they got hammered. The middle and the south western parts of the state still have a ton of manufacturing, but the heavy industry is gone.

Port Clinton is closer to Toledo than Cleveland though, so it's doable. You'd probably want it after the Island.

Yeah, you Ohioans do chili weird. Man, it's supposed to be thick enough to stand your spoon up in it and hotter than Hell. IDK what that meat soup you people serve is. Toledo's not that far of a drive from me, maybe I can get over that way one day.

 

[The Lizard Queen]

The only reason to go to Ohio is to visit the Amish. There's no preservatives in their food, and it's real easy on the stomach. They do food right.

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

Yeah, you Ohioans do chili weird. Man, it's supposed to be thick enough to stand your spoon up in it and hotter than Hell. IDK what that meat soup you people serve is. Toledo's not that far of a drive from me, maybe I can get over that way one day.

It's because Cincinnati Chili was never really meant to be like chili con carne, it's a hot dog and pasta sauce. Blame the, apparently, Macedonian creator for calling it chili spaghetti back in the 20s. I do understand why it drives some insane.