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Washington DC paints a giant 'Black Lives Matter' message on the road to the White House
By AJ Willingham, CNN
Updated 9:28 AM ET, Fri June 5, 2020
(CNN)Washington DC is painting a message in giant, yellow letters down a busy DC street ahead of a planned protest this weekend: BLACK LIVES MATTER.
The massive banner-like project spans two blocks of 16th Street, a central axis that leads southward straight to the White House. Each of the 16 bold, yellow letters spans the width of the two-lane street, creating an unmistakable visual easily spotted by aerial cameras and virtually anyone within a few blocks.
The painters were contacted by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and began work early Friday morning, the mayor's office told CNN.

Holy cow. The city of DC is out here on 16th street behind the White House painting BLACK LIVES MATTER onto the streets that it owns stretching all the way to k Street.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/us/black-lives-matter-dc-street-white-house-trnd/index.html
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UPDATED TO ADD:
https://www.popville.com/2020/06/vigil-against-racism-starts-at-545pm-on-16th-street-nw/
Voltaire2
(15,377 posts)GoCubsGo
(34,750 posts)Yellow, as in "chicken." With that fence around the White House, it needs to be known, henceforth, as "the Chicken Coop."
blaze
(8,211 posts)csziggy
(34,189 posts)SheltieLover
(78,311 posts)GoCubsGo
(34,750 posts)I hope they have started a movement.
Lonestarblue
(13,344 posts)
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,770 posts)KY..............
fishwax
(29,346 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Many, many thanks to the mayor for getting this done.
Alex4Martinez
(3,295 posts)KS Toronado
(23,393 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 5, 2020, 12:34 PM - Edit history (1)
IronLionZion
(51,010 posts)City of DC has done similar things to shame the embassies of Russia and Saudi Arabia
LiberalArkie
(19,488 posts)BigmanPigman
(54,815 posts)CatWoman
(80,275 posts)MineralMan
(150,887 posts)with toothbrushes and single-edge razor blades. That's the military way to clean things, I learned while serving in the USAF.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(12,763 posts)with a razor blade...most fun I ever had for 30 straight nights. Army was not different.
SeattleVet
(5,858 posts)burrowowl
(18,494 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Old Crow
(2,266 posts)Yonnie3
(19,300 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)love it
Yonnie3
(19,300 posts)crickets
(26,168 posts)The finishing touches per CNN:
👏👏👏
EndlessWire
(8,103 posts)Have been laughing myself silly over this! Thank you, DC!! Thank you. Mayor! Power to the People!
HAB911
(10,351 posts)grumpyduck
(6,672 posts)It's not nearly strong enough for that thing.
cate94
(3,061 posts)Nevilledog
(54,763 posts)OverBurn
(1,289 posts)Karadeniz
(24,732 posts)BigmanPigman
(54,815 posts)What a great statement and idea! Thank you DC mayor!
stopwastingmymoney
(2,329 posts)slack-bot
(119 posts)... and can be viewed by satellite camera!
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/dc-mayor-trolls-trump-by-lighting-black-lives-matter-plaza-we-turned-on-the-night-light-for-him
calimary
(89,308 posts)SO cool! AWWWWWW she left the night light on for Baby Gate Man. I am really liking DC's mayor. She's a great and gutsy lady!
Delighted to be here!
calimary
(89,308 posts)I heard one commentator saying you can see it from space.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY COOL!!!
musicblind
(4,563 posts)And there's nothing Trump can do about it.
Before Donald sees this do yourself a favor. Take his phone, put in in your purse and stick it in the freezer.
