DC Mayor paints "Black Lives Matter" on street leading to White House

Mountainmanbob · Jun 6, 2020

TLK Valentine said:
It's not graffiti when the city does it.

Matter of opinion.
(former City worker)
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TLK Valentine · Jun 6, 2020

Mountainmanbob said:
Matter of opinion.
(former City worker)
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Matter of law.

Mountainmanbob · Jun 6, 2020

TLK Valentine said:
Matter of law.

It's all about the law.
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TLK Valentine · Jun 6, 2020

Mountainmanbob said:
Now they like the law.
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Maybe someday you will, too.

iluvatar5150 · Jun 6, 2020

camille70 said:
I just realized when I looked at the DC street painting, It was made to be seen from a Helicopter.

It’s a good idea, but I wonder if Marine One flies over that street. The one time I saw it landing, it approached from the south.

Bobber · Jun 6, 2020

FireDragon76 said:
BLM is a hashtag and a movement, not an organization.

I believe this is from their own web site?

#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada.....

About - Black Lives Matter

camille70 · Jun 6, 2020

FireDragon76 said:
BLM is a hashtag and a movement, not an organization.

It's both, but the media tends to group and label anyone speaking on the movement or black issues with the organization, whether they are associated with them or not. This has happened since the beginning. The organization existed before protesters put it on signs to protest extrajudicial police killings. Lazy reporting.

camille70 · Jun 6, 2020

iluvatar5150 said:
It’s a good idea, but I wonder if Marine One flies over that street. The one time I saw it landing, it approached from the south.

That's what someone else said. They were wondering if some pilot was going to experience a "wind gust" that jostled the helicopter enough to make people look up from their phones and cause them to have to fly over the area.

LostMarbels · Jun 6, 2020

FireDragon76 said:
BLM is a hashtag and a movement, not an organization.

It is an international organization. It is currently in operation all over Europe in tandem with what is going on here. BLM has its own flag, has structured leadership, organized chapters/sub grouping, logistics, resources, monetary funds... it is not just a grassroots gathering of random people following a tweet or hashtag.

RDKirk · Jun 6, 2020

wing2000 said:
...well, I guess we know who owns the street.

That's actually the central point of this action.

This was an act of jurisdictional dispute. Normally, when the White House intends to use DC streets for land movement of the president, they coordinate in advance with the city and it's the city's responsibility to clear the route.

That's a huge deal for the city, because it means traffic gets backed up, detour routes have to be determined, barriers have to be erected, police traffic directors have to be deployed. Having been a DC commuter for a few years, I know it's a tremendous headache. There's supposed to be coordination--the street belongs to the city.

That's a different thing from the city's police policies. In my 50+ years of driving in various states and countries, the only time I've been disrespected by police has been in Washington DC...and that was by black cops.

camille70 · Jun 6, 2020

LostMarbels said:
It is an international organization. It is currently in operation all over Europe in tandem with what is going on here. BLM has its own flag, has structured leadership, organized chapters/sub grouping, logistics, resources, monetary funds... it is not just a grassroots gathering of random people following a tweet or hashtag.

It started out grass roots. As more extrajudicial killings commenced, chapters sprung up here and abroad.

hislegacy · Jun 6, 2020

TLK Valentine said:
D.C. mayor has huge 'Black Lives Matter' name painted on street leading to White House

On the one hand, BLM has a point when they say that such gestures are no substitute for actual policy changes,

On the other hand, it sends a message to Donald in no uncertain terms... while I cannot advise trying to out-petty Donald (he will always win such a contest), still...

Thoughts?

- while endearing herself to the left's narrative of the President - all while completely ignoring all the good that has been done for the black. I believe she is participating in nothing more than a publicity stunt.

nonaeroterraqueous said:
Because Trump has been outspoken that black lives don't matter? Oh, wait, no, he hasn't. That's just the imaginary Trump that the left created. The message this sends is a false accusation. Insulting? Heck, yeah, it is.

QFT

iluvatar5150 · Jun 6, 2020

hislegacy said:
- while endearing herself to the left's narrative of the President - all while completely ignoring all the good that has been done for the black. I believe she is participating in nothing more than a publicity stunt.

QFT

Trump’s repeated treating of liberal non-Whites as being non-Americans who don’t belong here undermines any economic benefits you think he might have throw their way.

TLK Valentine · Jun 6, 2020

hislegacy said:
- while endearing herself to the left's narrative of the President - all while completely ignoring all the good that has been done for the black. I believe she is participating in nothing more than a publicity stunt.

*gasp* you mean...

A mayor endearing herself to the left's narrative in a left-leaning municipality? A politician participating in a publicity stunt?

Shocking! Utterly shocking! Fetch me my fainting couch!I think I'm gonna plotz!

iluvatar5150 · Jun 6, 2020

TLK Valentine said:
*gasp* you mean...

A mayor endearing herself to the left's narrative in a left-leaning municipality? A politician participating in a publicity stunt?

Shocking! Utterly shocking! Fetch me my fainting couch!I think I'm gonna plotz!

Where were these same commenters criticizing Trump for his publicity stunt in front of St John’s church? At least the mayor of DC didn’t have a crowd of people attacked to accomplish her stunt.

wing2000 · Jun 6, 2020

Hammster said:
So, why did she (the mayor) think it was necessary?

I think the Major felt it was necessary to demonstrate the streets of D.C., in fact, are under her perview. Over the past week, the POTUS brought in security forces - forces that were not requested nor needed by the D.C. government.

....and this -

RDKirk said:
That's actually the central point of this action.

This was an act of jurisdictional dispute. Normally, when the White House intends to use DC streets for land movement of the president, they coordinate in advance with the city and it's the city's responsibility to clear the route.

That's a huge deal for the city, because it means traffic gets backed up, detour routes have to be determined, barriers have to be erected, police traffic directors have to be deployed. Having been a DC commuter for a few years, I know it's a tremendous headache. There's supposed to be coordination--the street belongs to the city.

That's a different thing from the city's police policies. In my 50+ years of driving in various states and countries, the only time I've been disrespected by police has been in Washington DC...and that was by black cops.

hislegacy · Jun 6, 2020

TLK Valentine said:
A mayor endearing herself to the left's narrative in a left-leaning municipality? A politician participating in a publicity stunt?

glad it is being recognized for what it is. Nothing more than a publicity stunt.

Bobber · Jun 6, 2020

RDKirk said:
That's a different thing from the city's police policies. In my 50+ years of driving in various states and countries, the only time I've been disrespected by police has been in Washington DC...and that was by black cops.

Interesting that there can be another side to this story.

By the way I really like your signature,

Citizen of Heaven, currently deployed to the US -- 1 Peter 1:1

Yeah I think that's a good way for all Christians to think about their existence down here on the earth. I've been thinking recently about many saying they can hardly wait to get to heaven but they also should consider you don't have to wait to get to heaven to have heaven's way of thinking occurring within one now.

TLK Valentine · Jun 6, 2020

iluvatar5150 said:
Where were these same commenters criticizing Trump for his publicity stunt in front of St John’s church?

Obediently cheering, of course.

At least the mayor of DC didn’t have a crowd of people attacked to accomplish her stunt.

Perhaps that was her mistake? Donald knows you can't be strong without exploiting others' weakness.

TLK Valentine · Jun 6, 2020

hislegacy said:
glad it is being recognized for what it is. Nothing more than a publicity stunt.

Without any casualties. Try to contain your disappointment.

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