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Street Painting

“No one wants a city awash in paint,” a federal judge in Washington ruled, denying two organizations’ challenge to the city’s defacement ordinance and request to paint on the street during an upcoming rally: “Black Pre-Born Lives Matter.” The court found that granting the request would likely encourage others “waiting in the wings with their own ideas for street art … espousing their own desired message.”

WASHINGTON — “No one wants a city awash in paint,” a federal judge in Washington wrote, denying two organizations’ challenge to the city’s defacement ordinance and request to paint on the street during an upcoming rally: “Black Pre-Born Lives Matter.” The court found that granting the request would likely encourage others “waiting in the wings with their own ideas for street art … espousing their own desired message.”

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