Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said during a discussion TIME 100 talks on Thursday that its decision was driven in part to get ahead of the “violently push” paint “BLACK LIVES matter” on a road to the White House, the June 5 against the way in which the federal government had “penetrated” for the autonomy of the district. “It ‘s my responsibility to defend our city,” said Bowser contribution TIME Kimberly Dozier. Bowser said the wall “as an opportunity, a place on 16th Street that the federal government moves was to recover” saw the painting, as well as the ability to “send a unified message and reaffirmed on what this time and the reaction to the killing of George means Floyd in our country. “the wall creation came after a week of growing tension between Bowser and President Donald Trump about the response of the federal government protest in the city against systemic racism and violence police, after the assassination of George Floyd on the 25th may have until June 2, the Trump used administrative federal police and military troops patrolling DC, movement condemned Bowser and be rolled back required. Tensions between the government and the government Trump DC, increased so much that by this time he had to take the sought federal officials reported, on the strength, DC, police. Bowser said that she “[driven] back hard” against this possibility “with any argument that I was capable of.” “I did not have an army, as we threatened,” said Bowser Dozier. “And there are peculiarities of our law, the Charter Home Rule that you can do in certain circumstances permit. So we simply push back very strong and they backed down.” The painting “BLACK LIVES matter” on 16th Street, renamed Bowser the area in front of Lafayette Square “has had” five days earlier, blacks federal officials Lives Matter Plaza. Step away by force the peaceful protesters from place apparently President Trump could enter a church in the area to be photographed. Bowser ordered the creation of Black Lives Matter President Trump Plaza tweeted that she was “incompetent und, immer für federal government still return zu’der, Handreichungen. ‘But Bowser said Dozier, is not personal between him and the president, at least not for them. “i was called by people best worst,” he added. Some advocates have called Bowser go beyond the murals and take steps to DC defund the police department that the money for community programs. democratic candidate Janeese Lewis George – the budget Metropolitan Police Department reduces support and instead invest in programming Community – Council member incumbent beat DC Brandon T. Todd in the district’s democratic primary on June 2, but Bowser’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021 actually contain a 3 , 3% increase for the metropolitan police Department. Asked about funding request for an increase in police Bowser said that “the only new spending that we are police cadets for setting”, and that in the last five years has been the mayor has “worked pretty much do we have the number of those from officials we DC needs to keep neighborhoods safe. “Bowser said, adding that the city” robust “action has taken” to strengthen our network to create and security opportunities “, with a 3% increase on school funding, including pure” to stop record investment in housing and homelessness at affordable prices. “
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