Redwood City in the San Francisco Bay Area quietly removed its Black Lives Matter mural from a city street after a resident requested to paint a similar “MAGA 2020” on the same highway, according to a local news report.
Redwood City resident Dan Pease received permission from city officials to paint “Black Lives Matter” on Broadway Street as part of a July 4 public art celebration, according to KPIX 5. City officials even They provided him with the yellow paint to make the mural. .
“Because we were using the cardboard paint that would eventually deteriorate over time, I understood that the mural would last as long as the painting lasted,” Pease explained, the outlet said.
Then local real estate attorney Maria Rutenberg, who reasoned that the street was now a public forum, asked the city if she could paint her own “MAGA 2020” sign on the same street.
“I saw the ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign popping up on Broadway on the blacktop and I thought it would be a new public space, open for discussion, and I also wanted to get my message across,” Rutenburg said.
The city did not respond, but quickly removed the Black Lives Matter mural, the news outlet said. They said the signal was a traffic hazard and could cause accidents.
Pease said he does not believe “Black Lives Matter” is a political statement, but he understands the position the city was in, according to KPIX 5.
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“I have no hard feelings with the city council,” said Pease. “I am disappointed but, at the same time, I am very grateful that I was allowed to put that message on Broadway.”
In light of the recent protests, several cities not only allowed residents to paint their own Black Lives Matter mural, but even commissioned the painting of the public message on city streets.
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio commissioned a Black Lives Matter mural outside the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. That mural has been defaced three times this week, first by an unknown suspect who threw red paint on the message and second by four who threw blue paint on the mural and were later arrested.
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The third time, a black woman got into an altercation with the police trying to stop her while throwing black paint on the mural. “Refund the police!” she was heard screaming.
In DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser allowed the Black Lives Matter message to be painted on a highway leading to the White House before protesters added “Defund The Police.”
The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch asked Bowser and DC Attorney General Karl Racine for permission to paint “Because no one is above the law!” on a street on Capitol Hill.
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Mayor Bowser made the decision to turn the streets of DC into a forum for public expression. Judicial Watch seeks the same access to use this new forum to educate Americans by painting the motto and motivation of our organization, ‘Because no one is above the law!’ On a Capitol Hill street, ”Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement. The group later sued for discrimination on the point of view.
