*Washington D.C. doubled down on its nickname Chocolate City today.
The D.C. Department of Public Works painted the words Black Lives Matter on a street downtown ahead of what’s expected to be one of the largest rallies in the nation’s capital on Saturday in response to the killing of George Floyd. The, Mayor Muriel Bowser renamed the stretch “Black Lives Matter Plaza.” The sign was raised during a ceremony Friday morning in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, where that man in the White House did his bible-toting photo-op this week after clearing out peaceful protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets.
The painting, in large yellow letters, spans the width of 16th Street and runs from K Street to H Street at Lafayette Park – right across the White House.
Check it out in the video below or view it here on DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Twitter page.
#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/OQg6977n5r
— Muriel Bowser #StayHomeDC (@MurielBowser) June 5, 2020
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