Washington Mayor Bowser, 'unbought and unbossed,' challenges Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has drawn a battle line right up to the White House.
Bowser, one of seven black female mayors of America's 100 largest cities, on Friday declared a small but symbolic patch of the U.S. capital - a section of 16th Street bounded by a church on one side and Lafayette Square opposite the White House on the other - "Black Lives Matter Plaza."
The Democratic mayor then had the District Of Columbia's departments of transportation and public works paint giant yellow letters spelling "Black Lives Matter" followed by the city's flag on the street spanning two city blocks leading to plaza. To finish, Bowser posted on Twitter a video taken from a nearby roof showing the White House overlooking the results.
"There are people who are craving to be heard and to be seen," Bowser told a news conference, "and to have their humanity recognized, and we had the opportunity to send that message loud and clear on a very important street in our city."
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