Posted on 06/11/2020 12:16:08 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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.
“Mayor Bowser made a decision to turn D.C. streets into a forum for public expression. Judicial Watch seeks equal access to use this new forum to educate Americans by painting our organization’s motto and motivation, ‘Because No One Is Above the Law!,’ on a Capitol Hill street,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement.
The conservative group said it is prepared to sue, if their request is denied, on the basis of “viewpoint discrimination.”
D.C.’s liberal mayor had "Black Lives Matter" painted in bright yellow letters on the street that runs into the White House amid the ongoing protests against police brutality and racial injustice in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month. Floyd died in police custody on May 25 after a police officer kneeled on his neck for more than 8 minutes.
“This rule of law message is timely, as it is a reminder that rule of law applies to – and protects – all Americans," Fitton said. "If we are unlawfully denied access and face viewpoint discrimination, we are prepared to go to court to vindicate our First Amendment rights.”
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I want a pavement painting of “Lock H->! Up”.
GOOD ONE
Will be denied because anything they write will be inferred it’s racist.
I love these guys...
bttt
I would suggest “Black Crime Matters,” but I don’t expect anyone to take me up on it.
Ha! I see where this is going.
I wish Republicans had half the balls as Judicial Watch.
Permission? Did the Rioters and Looters ask Permission?
Maybe some conservatives should go to the mayor and police chief of Seattle and ask them which neighborhood they can take over and claim as an “autonomous zone.”
Brilliant move.
Checkmate!
Black Babies Matter
I think the whole paint color choice was rabid Asian cultural appropriation.
They should ask permission to add to the Black Lives Matter stretch, “Even At Planned Parenthood?”
She’ll paint over defund the police and then say no. She say that black lives matter is the name of the street so your request is denied. Will they have success in court? Not sure if she does paint over the slogan defund the police.
But this is exactly the “fit for me but not for thee” that we have to deal with. If we don’t pressure the other side to accept the consequences of this applying equally to everyone then we have nothing.
If one loud group can paint down entire city streets, every loud group can.
Or none of them can. Which is exactly why we didn’t allow defacing streets and public places in the past.
Make ALL Black Live Matter AGAIN!
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