De Blasio: Painting ‘Black Lives Matter’ in Front of Trump Tower an Example of ‘Action’ We Can Take for Blacks

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DE BLASIO: “And what did he do? He literally tweeted that writing Black Lives Matter on Fifth Avenue would 'denigrate' the luxury of that avenue. That is pure racism. That is acting like an acknowledgement of the value of black people is somehow belittling, when, in fact, what we’re trying to do is lift up people who have built this city and built America and haven’t been given their respect. And it can’t just be words, Wolf, it has to be actions. So we’re taking resources from our police department and putting it into youth programs. We’re acknowledging institutional racism and coming up with specific plans to tear it down. We need to take this transcendent moment and get the most out of it.”