When Rae Duckworth got an email from the city notifying them that they would soon lose access to the space known as the Fleet Block murals, they knew they had to act. So the day before the city was set to put up fences around the public art installment, they called for a final vigil at the site where their cousin, alongside 28 other victims of police violence, was memorialized in a larger than life mural.

“We’re here to basically say our goodbyes,” Duckworth, the acting chairperson for Utah’s Black Lives Matter chapter, told Unicorn Riot.

In February, as Salt Lake City prepared to demolish the prominent piece of public art, the community came out to visit the murals and mourn not only the loss of the space, but those commemorated in the artwork. More than just losing a public art installment, many felt like they were losing their loved ones all over again. Full story in link below.