Protestors walk over a mural that reads “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in yellow capital letters down a two-block stretch of 16th street that Mayor Muriel Bowser officially renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza.
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A new street sign sits above an intersection outside St. John’s Church in Washington, D.C., where President Trump arranged a photo-op this week. Mayor Muriel Bowser says, “The section of 16th [Street] in front of the White House is now officially ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza.’ “
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