Cup Foods is vibrant with activity. Deli counter, shelves stacked with locally-made foods, locally grown produce on open shelves. Parents walk in with their children, picking summer treats.  At tables, men sit and talk about George in a way that says “We knew him. We knew him well.”  That says he is still here. It is a multi-hued humanity in a neighbourhood hub.

This is 38th Street and Chicago, George Floyd Square, Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis. To get into Cup Foods, one could avoid the spot ...