Public Murals Across The United States Memorialize Those Killed By The Police

But many murals – like one to Eric Garner, who gasped out, “I can’t breathe” before he suffocated as an NYPD officer held him in a chokehold in 2014 – get painted over or destroyed. “When they are first painted, murals can act as ad hoc altars for public mourning. But their existence is often fleeting.” – The New York Times