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.

 

[Yamma Damma]

The fact only his part of the wall was damaged and not the rest of the building spells a message even chipmunks can understand. And it was a force of nature that did it. How's that for climate change?

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 didn't realize that was him at first. What an insult. I can't think of a single darkie today that deserves to be compared to the darkies from at least 25 years ago. His Dot Dot Dit Dit Dot Dot Dash track still eerily holds water almost more than his "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" one.

 

[Exceptionally Exceptional]

"A'ight, I've had about enough of this nigger shit."

 

[WhoIsSutterKane]

Lightning is racist!

 

[Mr. Bung]

God is real and he has a twisted sense of humor.

Yes, but I'm pretty sure in this case it's because he's fucking pissed off.

And it was only his face that was destroyed. It's a definate sign that people need to smarten the fuck up, but I highly doubt they'll take the hint.

 

[KiwiFuzz]

Lightning is racist!

Thor is coming and BOY IS HE PISSED.

 

[MeganDodgedABullet]

Deus lo vult.

 

[That_Guy]

The fact that the article has multiple photos of a blank wall and the pile of bricks in front, But either didn't have or couldn't be bothered to post an undamaged "before" photo might hint at how much anyone at the publisher cared about it before the lightning made things interesting.

 

[Local Coyote]

Which part of no false idols did these motherfuckers not understand?

 

[Sithis]

They weren't even subtle in their idolization of him, some of the dumbasses were literally comparing him to Christ and saying how saintly he was.

 

[Tuxedo_Zemus]

Huh, speaking as an atheist since I was 13... this is the kinda shit that gives me pause. Idol worship and clown world go hand in hand.

 

[CAPTAIN HAPPY]

Looks like they already restored it.

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

I was abou to post that news just now!
Either way, coincidence or not, this makes a great metaphor and memectic material.
The right-wing sites have noticed the possibly-accidental imagery, too:

Lightning strikes George Floyd memorial mural, collapses its brick wall; hilarity ensues

For those who see the Hand of God in extraordinary natural phenomena, a lightning strike in Toledo, Ohio is being seen as divine retribution. Others call it karma. Witnesses reported that lightning struck a George Floyd memorial mural, not only burni...

www.americanthinker.com

https://archive.fo/jO8EG

 

[Bungdit Din]

God is real and he has a twisted sense of humor.

Wait til you hear about the heavily fire-insured (but unscathed) synagogue next door.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

The fact only his part of the wall was damaged and not the rest of the building spells a message even chipmunks can understand.

Given this was the before shot;

It's definitely ironically precise in what got removed. It's why I struggle to believe it's anything other than a rogue weather act since vandals of any kind would surely have done more and general wear and tear specifically bringing down that bit seems suspect.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Looks like God rejected the canonization of Saint George.

It was inaccurate anyway, it didn't show him holding a gun to a woman's stomach or getting high as fuck on hard drugs. These people are just like the college kids of yesteryear who wore Che shirts on campus. Equally as ignorant of their idol as well.

 

[Van Darkholme]

God just doesn't want you to worship dead criminal niggers, the message is clear.

 

[awoo]

No one is gonna say how does lighting hit a brick wall? Looks like the rest of the wall is still standing. Very strange and feels extremely statistically unlikely which makes the story all the more fascinating.

 

[YMB]

God is the Original Racist.

 

[NoSpiceLife]

Honestly that is fucking amazing. It's a sign for sure...God's racist...

ninja'd

 

[Screw Danlon]

I just love that it wasn’t enough for the police to say there were multiple witnesses to the lightning strike, but that the news also had to say they’d confirmed there was lightning activity in the area, because otherwise you know there’s be riots.