D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has criticized the federal government's handling of the protests in the city.
WASHINGTON – Muralists began painting "BLACK LIVES MATTER" in large yellow paint on a block of 16th Street in Washington, D.C. Friday, just in front of Lafayette Park, the site ofNationwide protests against police brutality and racial discrimination have erupted after Floyd, a black man, died in Minneapolis police custody after a white officer pinned him to the ground under his knee.
Municipal dump trucks blocked off the street, preventing cars from passing through as people painted the street-width letters, and NBC WashingtonBowser, a Democrat, has criticized the federal government's handling of the protests in the city. She visited the protests on Wednesday and said Thursday she would"push back" on the
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