Martinez set to pave over its BLM mural

A Black Lives Matter mural painted on a street in front of a Martinez courthouse building, already badly faded and now defiled by spilled white paint, is scheduled to be paved over in early October as part of a larger downtown project, Martinez’s city manager said.

The mural, requested by the group Martizians for Black Lives after two white power fliers were found on a sidewalk near the Martinez Detention Facility jail, was approved July 2 and painted two days later by a team of almost 100 volunteers.