BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK
As mass protests continue
nationwide against police brutality
in the wake of George
Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis,
Brooklyn offi cials unveiled a
new “Black Lives Matter” mural
along the newly co-named
“Black Lives Matter Boulevard”
in Downtown Brooklyn
on June 26..
The demonstration —
which included a live painting
of the mural, and more than a
dozen speeches by local elected
offi cials and advocates — was
capped with the uncovering of
the new street sign at the corner
of Court and Joralemon
streets. The new additions will
serve as a reminder not only
to passersby, but more importantly
to judges, legislators and
other decision-makers working
out of nearby buildings
that Black lives matter, speakers
said.
“When we come together
and we’re painting on these
streets, it’s not just a symbolism
to look at — it’s for these
judges, for these police offi cers,
for these court offi cers realize
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“Black Lives Matter Boulevard” is
unveiled. Photo by Paul Frangipane Activists and elected offi cials came together to paint a new “Black Lives
who matters as they walk
inside these buildings,” said
Beckford.
Iesha Sekou, founder of
Street Corner Resources, said
she would be “remiss” if she
only celebrated Friday. ”
While recent police reforms
are a step in the right direction,
Sekou said she and other
activists cannot act “like all is
well.”
“All is not well,” she said.
“We cannot put a Band-Aid on
a gushing wound.””
The mural — part of a series
of Black Lives Matter street
paintings that will be created
around the city in support of
the movement — is “a representation
of how far we’ve gone
and how we have yet to go,”
Assemblywoman and Kings
County Democratic County Comimitttee
Chair Rodneyse Bichotte
said.
Elected offi cials lent thanks
to Mayor Bill de Blasio — who
missed the street corner unveiling
but made it in time to pitch
in with painting part of the mural
— as well as the city’s Department
of Transportation for
helping to make the new mural
and street co-naming a reality.
Borough President Eric Adams
closed out a slate of emotional
speeches with words
about his time on the force,
his experience as a Black man
growing up in New York City,
and of what must be done to
move forward in unison. The
mural, he said, is “not a fad.”
“By putting ‘Black Lives
Matter’ in the oldest governmental
building in Brooklyn
at the crossroads of the Supreme
Court, the Criminal
Court and where people come
Matter” mural outside Brooklyn Borough Hall on June 26.
Photo by Paul Frangipane
to make noise and ensure laws
are carried out, we are saying
in a very clear and pronounced
way that every time you drive
down this street as a judge, every
time you walk this block as
a lawyer, every time you visit
this building to get a building
permit that throws out Black
and Brown people — you’re going
to see that Black lives matter,”
Adams said. “Every time
you visit the Department of Education
while our classrooms
are segregated more now than
ever, you’re gonna know Black
lives matter. Every time you go
to jury duty and make a determination
on a sentence that is
handed down more on Blacks
than any other group, you’re
gonna know Black lives matter.”
And, Adams added pointing
behind him to Brooklyn
Borough Hall, “every time you
walk in this building and you
see the fi rst Black borough
president, you’re gonna know
Black lives matter.”
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New mural unveiled by Borough Hall, near new ‘boulevard’
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