Thank You Baker!
DC Ceremonially Names Street to White House After Black Lives Matter; Emblazons Name on Road
A very disturbing turn of events occurred in Washington DC yesterday. Mayor Bowser took it upon herself to rename the plaza in front of St. Johnās church āBlack Lives Matter PLā with a new street sign of the same name. Look at the image. There is a flag type icon on the left with two horizontal lines and three stars above. Is this insurrection? It looks like an illegal attempt by the mayor of our nationās capital to rebrand our nation with āBlack Lives Matterā as our new leader.
Itās one thing to create a temporary art installation. Itās a whole other thing to take taxpayer money and create a two block long permanent marking of a radical organization on the street leading to the Washington Monument and install a street sign designating a plaza in our capital the name of the same radical organization, including their flag, without the approval of the American people. This is total bullshit. Itās up to us and President Trump and Congress to demand the immediate removal of the sign and the temporary designation of the street art.
"Mayor Bowser wanted to make it abundantly clear that this is DCās street," her chief of staff said
By Sophia Barnes and Justin Finch ā¢ Published June 5, 2020 ā¢ Updated on June 5, 2020 at 10:52 pm
The city of Washington, D.C., is echoing a call for justice by ceremonially naming a road and painting an unmissable message on a street that leads to the White House: Black lives matter.
A section of 16th Street in front of the White House is now ceremonially named Black Lives Matter Plaza, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Friday. Earlier, the road was painted with huge yellow letters spelling out the name of the movement.
"We want to call attention today to making sure our nation is more fair and more just and that black lives and that black humanity matter in our nation," Bowser said.
A green street sign reading Black Lives Matter Plaza was affixed Friday morning to a lamp post outside St. John's Church. That's where federal forces used munitions and pepper spray on Monday to clear peaceful protesters and make way for President Donald Trump to take a photo outside the iconic yellow and white building, which was damaged by a fire during protests.
Before dawn Friday, a D.C. Department of Public Works crew closed the street so painting could begin. The yellow letters stretch from curb to curb of 16th Street NW between H and K streets.
The lettering is so large that the message stretches onto two city blocks and can only be fit into a single photo frame from high above. A bright yellow D.C. flag was painted after the message.
"It's super pointed, it helps to correct from the terrible thing that happened at the church that's right there," one woman said, referring to St. John's.
The two blocks are just north of Lafayette Square, where anti-police-brutality and anti-racism protesters have chanted "Black lives matter" for a week, moved by the death of George Floyd.
Sauce:
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-paints-black-lives-matter-on-street-near-lafayette-square-street-renamed-black-lives-matter-way/2323647/
https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20200605/13096400/Black-Lives-Matter-Plaza.htm