(Image: ACLU of Washington)

Tuesday night, a message of remembrance appeared on the granite walls of Capitol Hill’s St. Mark’s Cathedral, visible from I-5 and across the city: GEORGE FLOYD SHOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY.

From May 25th, the one year anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd and of the start of the wave of Black Lives Matter protests that followed in Seattle and across the country, through June 8th, projections of the names of dozens of people killed by police will be projected onto the west façade of the North Capitol Hill house of worship in a project from St. Mark’s and the ACLU of Washington:

While the project began with George Floyd’s name on May 25, all other names will be those of people killed in Washington, including King, Pierce, Clark, and Snohomish Counties. The goal is to preserve the memory of local cases that may be in danger of being forgotten, and to serve as a reminder that these tragedies occur in Washington too, not just in other states. In Washington, about 40 to 50 people are killed by police officers each year. These victims are disproportionately Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian American Pacific Islander Washingtonians. The individuals whose names will be projected onto the cathedral have been included with the consent and support of their families through the WCPA, an organization which centers the voices of impacted family members whose loved ones have been killed by police.

You can also visit projectingjustice.org to learn more about the lives of those named as well as the circumstances of their killings, the ACLU says.

The names will be projected beginning at sunset and continuing for at least two hours each night.

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