Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch has asked Mayor Muriel Bowser for permission to paint its own message on Washington, D.C., streets, after the mayor allowed “Black Lives Matter” to be painted on a road leading to the White House before “Defund The Police” was added by protesters. Judicial Watch asked Bowser and D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine for permission to paint “Because No One is Above the Law!” on a Capitol Hill street. PROTESTERS ADD 'DEFUND THE POLICE' TO 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' MURAL NEAR WHITE HOUSEBowser is under pressure to reduce funding for the city's police and reinvest that money elsewhere. The local chapter of Black Lives Matter derided Bowser's widely publicized move to paint Black Lives Matter across one of the streets near the White House. Images from 16th Street in the nation's capital now show a smaller "Defund The Police" message attached to the "Black Lives Matter" one.

Source: Fox News June 11, 2020 17:03 UTC