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California Police Officers Sue City for Permitting Black Lives Matter Mural
by Zachary Steiber

A group of police officers is suing the California city of Palo Alto for letting a Black Lives Matter mural remain in place for months after it was painted on a city street in June 2020.

City officials permitted and encouraged artists to create sixteen different murals on city property that were placed together and spelled out “Black Lives Matter,” the officers said in the 12-page suit, filed in California superior court.

The mural contained in the letter “E” showed Joanne Chesimard, aka Assata Shakur, who was convicted in 1977 for murdering a state trooper in New Jersey but escaped from prison and fled the United States. Chesimard is a wanted fugitive who is regarded highly by some racial activists.

The mural also contained a logo attributed to the New Black Panthers, which is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a “virulently racist and antisemitic organization whose leaders have encouraged violence against the whites, Jews, and law enforcement officers.”

The officers were forced to pass by the mural every time they reported to work, which amounted to a “discriminatory and harassing work environment,” the suit stated.

“Not only did the defendants allow the harassing and discriminatory iconography to exist in the workplace, but they also sanctioned, approved, encouraged, and paid for it,” it said.

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