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DC Paints Huge Black Lives Matter Mural Near White House

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - City workers and activists painted the words Black Lives
   Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the the street leading to
   the White House, a highly visible sign of the District of Columbia's
   embrace of a protest movement that has put it at odds with President
   Donald Trump.
   D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser tweeted aerial video of the mural shortly
   after it was completed Friday. The letters and an image of the city's
   flag stretch across 16th Street for two blocks, ending just before the
   church where Trump staged a photo-op after federal officers forcibly
   cleared a peaceful demonstration to make way for the president and his
   entourage.

     Breonna Taylor, on your birthday, let us stand with determination.
     Determination to make America the land it ought to be.
     [1]pic.twitter.com/XOfu6CGEGY
     -- Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) [2]June 5, 2020

   "The section of 16th street in front of the White House is now
   officially 'Black Lives Matter Plaza,'" Bowser tweeted. A black and
   white sign was put up to mark the change.
   Bowser's endorsement of the project follows her verbal clashes with the
   Trump administration over the response to protests of the killing of
   George Floyd in Minneapolis. Bowser has complained about the
   heavy-handed federal response and called for the removal of
   out-of-state National Guard troops. She says their differences
   highlight the need for D.C. to be a state and have more control over
   its internal affairs.

References

   1. https://t.co/XOfu6CGEGY
   2. https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1268943214268030978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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