DC Mayor Bowser had city workers Friday paint the words 'Black Lives Matter' on the street that leads to the White House where protesters have been demonstrating following George Floyd’s death in police custody.
This comes several days after Trump ordered the U.S. Park Police and National Guard troops forcefully removed demonstrators who were peacefully protesting outside the White House on Monday evening. The crowd was dispersed so Trump could walk out of the White House to St. John’s Episcopal Church for a photo-op in which he held up a Bible.
Bowser blasted Trump for what occurred, tweeting,"I imposed a curfew at 7 pm. A full 25 minutes before the curfew & w/o provocation, federal police used munitions on peaceful protesters in front of the White House, an act that will make the job ofThe painting of the phrase Black Lives Matter came as Bowserfrom Thursday in which she requested that he withdraw"all extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence from Washington, D.C.
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