DC begins removal of Black Lives Matter mural under Republican pressure
Local authorities in Washington, DC have begun tearing down a Black Lives Matter streetscape mural painted near the White House.
The memorial was put up in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020 by a white police officer, considered a critical moment in the Black Lives Matter movement.
The art piece was drawn across two blocks in the final months of President Donald Trump’s first term.
The mural was originally painted after law enforcement cleared Black Lives Matter protesters from the area using chemical spray and smoke grenades.
The move allowed Trump to stage a photo in front of a nearby church, holding a Bible.
The area near the art work was renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, and made into a semi-pedestrian zone.
But last week, Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to block billions in federal funding to Washington’s local government.
The funds would be cut unless the city renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza to Liberty Plaza.
Clyde has announced on X that workers had begun dismantling the plaza.
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