DC Mayor Sued After Students Arrested for Writing ‘Black Pre-Born Lives Matter’ on Sidewalk

DC Mayor Sued After Students Arrested for Writing ‘Black Pre-Born Lives Matter’ on Sidewalk
Pro-life activists demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 47th annual March for Life in Washington on Jan. 24, 2020. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Two pro-life groups are suing Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser after the city sent police to prevent the group from chalking a slogan on a street, even though “Black Lives Matter” and “Defund the Police” murals in permanent paint were permitted on other streets.

The joint lawsuit (pdf) was filed Nov. 18 in a federal court by Frederick Douglass Foundation and Students for Life of America, who sought to paint “Black Pre-Born Lives Matter” on the street outside of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic.
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