Plans to remove the mural were announced by the city's Mayor Muriel Bowser after Republican lawmakers threatened to cut millions in transportation funding.

Drilling has started on the iconic Black Lives Matter mural in Washington, DC. The bold yellow letters were painted on a street leading to the White House in the midst of the nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd by a White police officer in 2020.

Republican legislation threatened to withhold millions in federal funding if the city did not remove the Black Lives Matter mural.