D.C. is bidding farewell to its beloved ‘Black Lives Matter’ painting. The painting located only a block away from the Capitol building is now being demolished by the crews. The sudden tearing down of the mural is raising many questions, one being what is Donald Trump trying to signify.
Muriel Bowser who serves as the mayor of D.C. took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to talk about the significant mural. She noted how the mural has inspired millions of D.C. residents. The politician also recalled how the painting helped the people get through a “painful period” of time.
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The painting was originally made after George Floyd, a black man, lost his life in an act of police brutality. In June 2020, the intersection that the painting was on was renamed ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza.’
This chain of events took place during Trump’s first term as President. The mural served more or less as an act of public defiance towards the government. Bowser had even butted heads with Trump in 202o over how the Black Lives Matter protests were handled by the government.
Crews have already started tearing down and painting the mural that once lay on the intersection. Bowser revealed that the process will take around 6 weeks and will be painted over by a set of “unspecified set of city-sponsored murals” according to the Associated Press.
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“2020 was a moment in history, and now this plaza is being erased. Do actions like this help ‘move forward,’ or do they just rewrite the past?” one user took to X to question the Trump administration’s move. Another netizen wrote about how the government can “remove signs” but not the people’s “resistance.”
Trump supporters were extremely pleased with the demolition and praised him for his decision. A user took to X to post pictures and videos of the plaza being torn down.
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Another noted how the new name of the plaza would be “good and sane.” A third user wrote about how “glad” they were to see the mural being removed. “Only if it doesn’t cost $4.8M like BLM plaza did (D.C. used 4.8M of their COVID money for the plaza),” another netizen noted.
(*) I find it ironic that blacks would say their history is being erased. Nobody said anything while our White history was being erased. — Paul Brown
* Original Article:
Demolition of ‘Black Lives Matter’ Mural in D.C. Begins—Is Trump Erasing History?