(6 Mar 2025)
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Washington – 6 March 2025
1. Various shots of Black Lives Matter Plaza from above
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2. Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser enters for interview
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Keyonna Jones, Artist, Black Lives Matter Plaza muralist:
“I recognize what the mayor has in front of her, and she has a big choice. She has priorities. And I recognize that art always doesn’t get…doesn’t get the first choice.”
4. Pan from above of Black Lives Matter Plaza
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Keyonna Jones, Artist, Black Lives Matter Plaza muralist:
“I’m born and raised in D.C., so to be able to put my mark on the on the ground, especially being a woman, being Black and having a voice, I always say that art is one of those universal languages that you don’t need words for. And so it was a true honor to be a part of it.”
5. Black Lives Matter Plaza from ground
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stefanie Carey, Maryland resident:
“It makes me feel empowered. It makes me feel represented. It makes me feel like I belong here. So that’s why this being painted over it doesn’t feel right at all. Because now I feel like I’m being pushed out and now being forced to accept something that just doesn’t feel natural.”
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7. Protesters run from police activity
8. Police line smoke filled street
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Magby, Washington, DC resident:
“It’s empowerment. Because in this country, for so long, we’ve been known to not matter, right? We’ve been diminished. We’ve been enslaved. We’ve been segregated, all of the things. But to know that our lives matter, even in the sense of being treated and with equity, it matters. But to know that that doesn’t matter anymore to people that are wanting to roll that back. It’s sad.”
10. Woman takes photo of Black Lives Matter Plaza
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Keyonna Jones, Artist, Black Lives Matter muralist:
“I stand by her decision. Again, it’s a hard choice to make. But it’s a moment in time and history that can’t be taken away. So, the pictures are here. The videos are here. It’s fine. It’s okay. We’ll create something else.”
12. Kevin Magby takes selfie with Stefanie Carey at Black Lives Matter plaza
13. Zoom out from White House down Black Lives Matter Plaza
14. Pan of Black Lives Matter Plaza from above
15. Black Lives Matter Plaza and the White House as seen from above
STORYLINE:
Washington, DC will remove the large painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block from the White House.
The move comes as Washington’s Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser struggles to fend off threats of encroachment from President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.
Republicans have repeatedly threatened to revoke DC’S home rule act of 1973 that grants the capital city limited autonomy.
Keyonna Jones, one of the 7 artists who painted the plaza says the mayor was faced with a difficult choice.
“I recognize what the mayor has in front of her, and she has a big choice. She has priorities. And I recognize there are always doesn’t get doesn’t get the first choice,” Jones said.
Mayor Bowser ordered the painting and renamed the intersection Black Lives Matter Plaza as a public act of defiance in June 2020.
It came after days of chaotic protests at that location over police brutality following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
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