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Related: About this forumThe New White House Fence Is Getting Covered In Protest Art
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JUN 7, 5:02 PM
The New White House Fence Is Getting Covered In Protest Art
Signs and artwork cover a fence outside the White House.
Matt Blitz / DCist/WAMU
This story was last updated at 10:59 p.m.
As the protests over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd ramped up in the past week, the administration of Donald Trump increasingly fortified the area around the White House.
Entrances to Pennsylvania Avenue and E Street NW, the Ellipse, and Lafayette Square are barricaded by about 1.7 miles of mesh metal fences and guarded by police. The Secret Service said last week that the entire area around the White House complex would remain closed until June 10.
Meanwhile, Mayor Muriel Bowser has expressed concern that some of the measures may be be permanent.
The barriers have been a jarring sight for many Washingtonians, long used to free access to spaces that serve as a symbol of democracy and where First Amendment protests have played out for over a century. Throughout the week, protesters could often be heard pressed up against the fence, chanting This is what democracy looks like.
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Photos by Matt Blitz and Mary Tyler March for DCist.
This story was updated to include an interview with Kai Gamanya.
The New White House Fence Is Getting Covered In Protest Art
Signs and artwork cover a fence outside the White House.
Matt Blitz / DCist/WAMU
This story was last updated at 10:59 p.m.
As the protests over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd ramped up in the past week, the administration of Donald Trump increasingly fortified the area around the White House.
Entrances to Pennsylvania Avenue and E Street NW, the Ellipse, and Lafayette Square are barricaded by about 1.7 miles of mesh metal fences and guarded by police. The Secret Service said last week that the entire area around the White House complex would remain closed until June 10.
Meanwhile, Mayor Muriel Bowser has expressed concern that some of the measures may be be permanent.
The barriers have been a jarring sight for many Washingtonians, long used to free access to spaces that serve as a symbol of democracy and where First Amendment protests have played out for over a century. Throughout the week, protesters could often be heard pressed up against the fence, chanting This is what democracy looks like.
{snip}
Photos by Matt Blitz and Mary Tyler March for DCist.
This story was updated to include an interview with Kai Gamanya.
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The New White House Fence Is Getting Covered In Protest Art (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2020
OP
whow. there is 1.7 MILES of mesh metal fence around the WH now. The cost must be
riversedge
Jun 2020
#3
samsingh
(17,590 posts)1. take down this fence trump (you traitor)
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)2. I walked by it yesterday, it's quite an amazing sight
as well as the painting on the street.
Dude always wanted a wall, and finally got one. Imagine him sitting in his underground bunker actually believing he might be re-elected.
riversedge
(70,047 posts)3. whow. there is 1.7 MILES of mesh metal fence around the WH now. The cost must be
enormous. All to supposedly to protect the Occupant of the Oval Office.
DinahMoeHum
(21,771 posts)4. Seen at the fence. . .
#newrostrong