Black Lives Matter has been emblazoned in bright yellow letters on the the street leading to the White House. The protest movement is against 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.
The section of 16th street in front of the White House is now officially “Black Lives Matter Plaza”. pic.twitter.com/bbJgAYE35b
— Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) June 5, 2020
#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/OQg6977n5r
— Muriel Bowser #StayHomeDC (@MurielBowser) June 5, 2020
The mayor also tweeted out a letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who wrote the president to express alarm that peaceful protesters were being confronted by heavily armed federal agents and officers, many of them with their identities and agencies obscured.
DC Public Works employees also painted BLACK LIVES MATTER in 20ft letters spanning the length of the street down to the White House pic.twitter.com/74QpZuiO74
— Norbert De Anda (norberticus minimus) (@ndeanda70) June 5, 2020
NEW VIDEO: DC @MayorBowser’s Chief of Staff John Falcicchio just told me the Mayor installed new
Black Lives Matter light projections near the White House. They’re on two buildings on the newly named Black Lives Matter Plaza.#BlackLivesMatterPlaza @falcicchio @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/CJ97zqYxQ4— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) June 6, 2020
The new Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., next to the White House, sanctioned by Mayor Muriel Bowser. #blacklivesmatterplaza #WashingtonDC — in Washington D.C. pic.twitter.com/By2WUcKrFW
— RichardG (@andredowi) June 5, 2020
