NY mayor helps paint Black Lives Matter in front of Trump Tower

Mayor Bill de Blasio participates in painting Black Lives Matter on Fifth Avenue (Mark Lennihan/AP)

Karen Matthews

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has helped paint Black Lives Matter in front of Manhattan’s Trump Tower.

Mr de Blasio was flanked by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Rev Al Sharpton as he helped paint the racial justice rallying cry in giant yellow letters on Fifth Avenue in front of the skyscraper.