"He removes the snow when it falls, replaces the flowers less frequently than he would have thought (it's not that they're dead, they're frozen, he says), and ensures the peace and quiet of those who come to pay their respects. It's a haunting place; a point on the map with three stops on a journey through police brutality in the United States, which has been particularly devastating in Minneapolis."
"The day an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old poet protesting Donald Trump's immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis, Vizzion was about three hours away. He didn't hesitate: he hopped into his white van, a battered vehicle that says Press on one side, and headed to the scene of the crime. Nearly 20 days later, it's still parked across from the site of the tragedy."
Ryan Vizzion has spent five and a half years traveling across America documenting the nation's condition during turbulent times. When an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old poet Renee Good in Minneapolis, Vizzion drove to the scene and parked his white van labeled Press across from the site. He remained for nearly 20 days tending a makeshift shrine at the exact spot where Good's car stopped, removing snow, replacing flowers intermittently, and keeping the area peaceful for mourners. The shrine sits alongside memorials to George Floyd and Alex Pretti, linking the site to a larger pattern of police brutality in Minneapolis.
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