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While heading back to Arizona from a trip to Michigan, he passed through Minneapolis to visit George Floyd Square, an \u201cautonomous zone\u201d and memorial site around\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222021-04-12T13:45:00-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/12\/2021-1:45pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"From August 2020 until January 2021, Michael McQuarrie visited George Floyd Square \u2014 an \u201cautonomous zone\u201d and memorial site around the location where Floyd was killed in Minneapolis \u2014 repeatedly with the goal of researching and understanding how an autonomous zone functions. Other autonomous zones popped up around the U.S. in 2020, namely in Seattle and New York City, but none had the staying power seen in Minneapolis. McQuarrie became interested in understanding what made George Floyd Square different.","teaser":"Last year, Michael McQuarrie was studying the street medics who supported the George Floyd protests that took place around the country.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/115743.jpg?itok=iC-_fQdE","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20210412-asu-director-changing-landscape-activism-and-protest-america","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Emily Balli","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/115743.jpg?itok=iC-_fQdE","image_alt":"","image_caption":"The George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis is shown on Oct. 10, 2020, with a mural by Peyton Scott Russell. The planters were built to sustain live plants left as offerings at the memorial. Photo courtesy of Michael McQuarrie","related_story":"","news_units":"Center for Work and Democracy|School of Social Transformation|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Black \/ African American|History|Social justice|Social science|Politics|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"news","field_saf":"Law, journalism and politics"}}]}