According to officials in Redwood City, a ‘Black Lives Matter’ street mural was scrubbed away overnight despite giving the artist permission to paint the message.
Redwood City resident Dan Pease organized the paining during the Fourth of July public art celebration after getting approval from the city, which also supplied the yellow poster board paint that would gradually wash away.
Unfortunately, last Thursday, the city quietly removed the mural after receiving a request from the local real estate attorney Maria Rutenburg, to add a message of her own: Maga 2020, Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan. Read the full story below!
Would you be okay with street art in the bay that reads "Make America Great Again"?
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