Black Lives Matter Plaza will be redesigned, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced

 

DC Black Lives Matter Plaza to get new look, replace street mural as part of 'evolution'

A number of Washingtonians are upset after finding out the days are limited for the present appearance of the Black Lives Matter Plaza located close to the White House.

Protesters marched through the plaza on Tuesday evening, FOX 5 DC wrote, following a statement from Mayor Muriel Bowser indicating that the "evolution" of the plaza is to become a part of the DC America 250 mural initiative, "where we will invite students and artists to make new murals in all eight wards."

"The mural gave hope to millions of people and got our city through a difficult time, but now we cannot be diverted by frivolous congressional interference," Bowser's press release stated, referencing a new bill that seeks to alter the plaza."The crippling effects of the federal budget cuts must be our top priority."

Others believe the democratic mayor yielded to pressure from President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress.

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FILE - With the White House in the background, a man runs through Black Lives Matter Plaza, May 25, 2021, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Her action was one day after Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., offered H.R. 1774. The bill, if enacted, would "withhold certain apportionment funds from the District of Columbia unless the Mayor of the District of Columbia eliminates the phrase Black Lives Matter from the street symbolically named Black Lives Matter Plaza, renames such street Liberty Plaza, and eliminates such phrase from each website, document, and other material within the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia."

The big yellow letters were repainted, and the intersection was renamed in summer 2020 in Trump's first term after days of unrestful protests there about police violence after a Minneapolis police officer shot and killed George Floyd and Louisville police officers killed Breonna Taylor. 

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FILE - The letters at Black Lives Matter Plaza have been repainted after the street was repaved near the White House in Washington, May 13, 2021. (Andrew Harnik, file)

Bowser's response to the protests landed her directly on opposite sides of the conflict from Trump. The president then implicated Bowser of losing control over her city and vowed to exert his authority for seizing control over the Metropolitan Police Department. He failed to, however, imposing instead his own multi-agency lockdown that was underlined with helicopters flying close to the ground.

"You never mattered about Black Lives. You staging those words in paint were performative," D.C. Black Lives Matter chapter founding member Nee Nee Taylor told Bowser on X.

President Elect Donald Trump, left, and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, right. (Getty)

Bowser's office did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital inquiry about when the changes to the plaza might take place. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.