Washington, D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Plaza mural is being removed following political pressures. Mayor Bowser plans to redesign the plaza, originally created after the George Floyd protests. Its future is uncertain amid threats to slash transportation funding unless changes are made.

Crews have begun work to remove the large yellow “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street one block from the White House. D.C.

Construction workers began removing Washington, D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Plaza mural on Monday, after Mayor Muriel Bowser pledged to redesign the plaza in response to Republican threats to cut the city's transportation funding unless it was renamed.