Black Lives Matter Mural Dc. Black Lives Matter means Defund the police," they replied to a tweet by Rachel Chason, a Washington Post reporter. In a reply to a different tweet by New York Times writer Emily Badger, BLM DC called the mural painting a "distraction from real policy changes," claiming Bowser just wants to "appease.
A mural in a school assembly hall that features a golliwog may be painted over in the light of the Black Lives Matter protests. The mural was created as protests continue Cincinnati is going to be the latest city with a "Black Lives Matter" mural. Taking a cue from other cities, New Yorkers turned out on Saturday to paint their own Black Lives Matter street mural in Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy neighborhood. "Similar to what was done in Washington DC, we saw that it helped boost the morale of not only the demonstrators, but of the ancillary. "All Black Lives Matter" in capital letters spans the width of the famous boulevard. "All" is painted in the pastel pink, blue and white colors of the trans rights movement, and "matter" in rainbow representing the gay rights movement. "It's very cool to keep it," said Greg Zekowski with Trailer Park Group.
A similar mural had previously been painted in Washington DC, several blocks from the White House.
The Black Lives Matter mural in D.
Warning that these murals can be purely performative, they're encouraging politicians to take concrete actions, like defunding the police, to assist with the movement. The mural was commission by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. The local chapter of the BLM movement has dismissed the move as "performative and a distraction." Work on the protest mural began in front of Lafayette Park, just north.