(Newsweek) California’s Redwood City has removed a Black Lives Matter mural painted onto one of its main streets earlier this month. The decision followed a local attorney’s request to paint a “MAGA 2020” mural nearby, although city council officially cited municipal violations as reason for erasing the BLM installation.
“The city of Redwood City has informed me that they will be removing the Black Lives Matter mural on Broadway this weekend due to ‘Traffic and Vehicle Code Violations,” said Redwood City resident Daniel Pease, who received clearance from local officials to install the mural on July 4, in a Facebook post last Wednesday.
The mural was one of many painted onto city streets across the U.S. since George Floyd’s death in police custody on May 25. His death sparked nationwide Black Lives Matter demonstrations, which continue to take place almost two months later.