There is no other word for what the two blocks in front of the White House have become other than a city-sanctioned Black Lives Matter occupation.

The two blocks recently deemed “Black Lives Matter Plaza” by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, are closed to traffic that used to run north and south on 16th Street. In that space now are about two dozen vendors selling BLM-branded clothing, hats, pictures, and other novelties.