Brussels added to its large collection of murals on Thursday (June 18) with a newly commissioned work in memory of African-American George Floyd, whose killing by police has sparked global protests against racism and police violence.

Brussels adds George Floyd memorial to large mural collection

George Floyd. The name over and over again. That's what traveling artist Renda Writer envisioned as his tribute to Floyd on a large blank wall.

Traveling muralist pays tribute to George Floyd

Activists put out a call online on Tuesday for local artists to come beautify the boarded up businesses. By Wednesday, several dozen artists were spray-painting murals and slogans in support of anti-police brutality protests, Black Lives Matter, and George Floyd, who was killed in Minneapolis last month by a white police officer who pinned him down with his knee.

Oakland artists use boarded-up windows for murals to show support