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The huge mural occupies two blocks on the
capital's 16th Street. The city of Washington D.C. cleared the
street so muralists could complete the work.
Using rollers and buckets of yellow paint, with brushes to
finesse the edges of the letters, dozens of men and women, of
different races and ages - some wearing roller blades, some work
boots - painted the street. Many were sweating under the warm
Washington sun.
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Friday that the
section of 16th street in front of the White House is now
officially "Black Lives Matter Plaza."
The death of George Floyd, a black Minneapolis man who died on
May 25 after a white police officer knelt on his neck, has
convulsed the country. As well as massive demonstrations and
violent clashes with police in the biggest cities, hundreds of
spontaneous demonstrations have popped up in little towns and
rural areas across the nation in recent days.
(Reporting by Kevin Fogarty and Temis Tormo; writing by Diane
Craft; editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
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