A Baltimore-area elementary school is the scene of an unlikely free speech battle because people keep washing away the chalk art messages and drawings that children created in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
That message changed following the death of George Floyd last month and people started writing messages supporting Black Lives Matter and calling for peace and racial justice.
“We do not have details on how the chalk art was removed, but community members wrote supportive chalk messages on the wall of the school multiple times in the last week,” the Baltimore County Public Schools said in a statement.
School officials did not have advanced knowledge about the messages, according to the statement.
“These are not easy times in our nation, and yet our Hillcrest family once again demonstrated that love is the way forward,” said Principal Jennifer Lynch in a letter to parents provided to CNN.
