US EditionBlack Lives Matter Plaza's end — like its beginning — is a barometer of the times
- D.C. Crews nearly completed the removal of Black Lives Matter Plaza, including painting over the large yellow letters.
- Mayor Bowser ordered the plaza's creation in 2020 following George Floyd's murder amid nationwide protests against police brutality.
- The plaza became a focal point for activism, but also faced local resistance and threats of federal funding cuts if it remained.
- The removal cost D.C. Taxpayers $610,000; however, the street signs will be preserved in the D.C. Department of Transportation's archives.
- While some celebrate its removal, others, like Kappa Alpha Psi member Richard Mattox, argue that the history the plaza represents cannot be erased.
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Black Lives Matter Plaza’s end - like its beginning - is a barometer of the times
WASHINGTON (AP) — It started as an ordinary D.C. intersection — a tourist destination with a modest white church on the corner, notable largely for an unobstructed view of the White House across Lafayette Park. Then, in the pandemic summer…
Black Lives Matter Plaza's end — like its beginning — is a barometer of the times
WASHINGTON (AP) — It started as an ordinary D.C. intersection — a tourist destination with a modest white church on the corner, notable largely for an unobstructed view of the White House across Lafayette Park. Then, in the pandemic summer of 2020, it transformed. The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police turned the nexus of 16th and H streets into a focal point for decades-old grievances over police brutality and racial inequ…
Black Lives Matter Plaza's end -- like its beginning -- is a barometer of the times
It started as an ordinary D.C. intersection - a tourist destination with a modest white church on the corner, notable largely for an unobstructed view of the White House across Lafayette Park. Then, in the pandemic summer of 2020, it transformed.
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DailyTruthReportRepublicans celebrate as BLM Plaza removal complete
Republicans celebrated the demise of Black Lives Matter Plaza, which was completely dismantled and repainted. Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser caved to pressure to remove BLM Plaza earlier this month, after Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) proposed cutting funds to the…
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