Workers in Washington began removing a \”Black Lives Matter\” street mural on Monday. The mural was installed during the height of 2020 racial justice protests. City officials have credited the art installation with calming tensions near the White House. President Donald Trump returned to office in January seeking to overturn so-called diversity, equity and inclusion practices which spread across the public and private sectors following the George Floyd protests. The site, erected during the protests, showed leaders \”have compassion, (were saying) ‘we hear you,’\” according to a caregiver who came to see the work done on the mural. \”It’s history… and now they’re basically saying it didn’t happen,\” said one of the two African American women who saw the work being carried out on the pavement. \”Black history clearly doesn’t matter to him,\” she said, nodding toward theWhite House. \”The money you’re spending to remove it could’ve been spent on so many other things,\” said another woman, expressing dismay at the decision.