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March 11, 2025

Crews Start to Dismantle D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Plaza
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Work crews in Washington, D.C., have begun dismantling and repainting
the Black Lives Matter Plaza. The words "Black Lives Matter" were
painted on the pavement in large yellow letters on a street just north
of the White House as a tribute to the nationwide uprising following
George Floyd's 2020 murder. The street mural was meant to be permanent
until Republicans last week introduced a bill threatening to withdraw
federal funding for D.C. unless it painted over the words and renamed
the area Liberty Plaza. Area residents stopped by the street mural
Monday for a final look before construction crews destroyed it.

Kristy Mc Dowell: "I felt it was important to come down here and just
see it one last time before it went away, since, you know, the president
put a mandate on her [the Washington mayor] to get rid of it or he would
take funding away from the district."



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