Construction crews in Washington DC begin removing the Black Lives Matter plaza mural, which was painted in front of the White House during the George Floyd protests. The pedestrian zone covering two blocks was named "Black Lives Matter" Plaza to honour the resistence movement.
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00:00I'm here to mourn the destruction of one of our brightest symbols of the black resistance.
00:29Not only in this city, but in this country. People from all around the world came to see this and to see it destroyed because of
00:38capitulating to Donald Trump is it's beyond insulting.
00:59If your eyes are open, your ears are open, your mind is open, you know that this is just the beginning.
01:11And I tell you what, my mother died in 2017. I miss her dearly, but I am so glad that she's not around to see this because, you know, she did the original march on Washington.
01:25I did several since that time, you know, and, you know, where's the pride in being a U.S. citizen anymore?
01:34This mural in this in this location, it was one way of letting us know that our contributions matter, that our black lives will always matter.
02:01We just happened. We just happened to be at a point where there's been a setback.
02:05But as I said before, this setback is definitely setting the stage for a remarkable comeback.