Salt Lake City is considering redeveloping the block that houses several murals featuring people who have been killed by police or died in custody.
SALT LAKE CITY — The fate of downtown Salt Lake City’s “Fleet Block” is in the hands of the city council.
It’s been almost ten years since Saratoga Springs police shot and killed Darrien when they saw him with what looked like samurai sword. He’s one of the many memorialized on Fleet Block, an old city fleet maintenance facility.“This is a place that we can gather with other families, with other like-minded people that understand what we’ve been through,” she said.
“The end goal is take an environmentally-contaminated and dormant piece of city property that has become an organic and important gathering space and to build on the social movement and importance that has occurred at this site,” said Blake Thomas, director of Salt Lake City Community and Neighborhoods.
“What we are able to get approved last night was roughly three acres of public-dedicated space that will be green and open to all community members,” he said.“My heart goes out to [the families] because it’s beautiful to come here and see faces and look, they’re smiling. It’s not sad. It’s beautiful, you know?” said Duckworth.
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