New York City paints a Black Lives Matter mural on the street directly outside of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan
City employees began painting a stretch of Fifth Avenue, just in front of the Trump Organization's headquarters, on Thursday morning. Mayor Bill de Blasio authorized the stark yellow mural earlier this month. The New York mayor rolled up his sleeves and painted a bit of the mural, too, clad in a mask and flanked by civil rights leader, the Rev. Al Sharpton. "President Trump said we would be denigrating the luxury of Fifth Avenue.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio July 9, 2020 President Donald Trump fumed at the plan after it was announced by city officials earlier this month. He called the words"Black Lives Matter" a"symbol of hate" and suggested that police officers could block the work:"Maybe our GREAT Police, who have been neutralized and scorned by a mayor who hates & disrespects them, won't let this symbol of hate be affixed to New York's greatest street.
— Sarah Jorgensen July 9, 2020 The murals haven't pleased all Black Lives Matters supporters.After the debut of the Washington mural, the local chapter of the Black Lives Matter Global Network called the mural a"performative distraction from real policy changes." Black Lives Matter supporters have repeatedly called on local leaders to cut police budgets, which DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has cautioned against.
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