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D.C. paints huge Black Lives Matter mural near White House; area renamed BLM Plaza

It's a highly visible sign of the District of Columbia’s embrace of a protest movement that has put it even further at odds with President Donald Trump.

The Washington Monument and the White House are visible behind the words Black Lives Matter sign that has been painted in bright yellow letters on 16th Street by city workers and activists.
The Washington Monument and the White House are visible behind the words Black Lives Matter sign that has been painted in bright yellow letters on 16th Street by city workers and activists.Read moreKhalid Naji-Allah / AP
    by Ben Fox, The Associated Press
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