Crews in Washington, D.C. have begun painting over the city’s “Black Lives Matter” street mural, a notable symbol of the 2020 protests against the killing of George Floyd, after a Republican bill targeting the mural threatened city funding.

The phrase “Black Lives Matter” had been painted in June 2020 on the pavement by the city in uppercase, yellow letters, covering two blocks on 16th Street, about a quarter mile from the White House.

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      18 hours ago

      Would be amazing to have happen but they’re trying to start shit at this point.

      They need a response they can escalate.

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      Since it’s additional paint, it’d be easier to just hose the whole thing down so either they can’t paint it or the paint doesn’t stick.