Stockton organizers gather to paint 'Black Lives Matter' along Victory Park

Olivia DeGennaro reports

JUNETEENTH FOX FORTY'S OLIVIADE JANEIRO SHOWS US THE MURALTHEY PAINTED ALONG ONE STREETIN VICTORY PARK.YOU CAN EVEN SEEING AROUNDTHE COUNTRY WHEN PEOPLE DO BUTBY YEAR-OLD ON THE STREET.

WETHOUGHT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVETHAT REPRESENTED HERE IN FACTIN STOCKTON, BECOMING THELATEST CITY IN THE NATIONWHERE ACTIVISTS HAVE TAKENTHEIR PAINT BRUSHES TO THESTREETS TO MAKE THISPROCLAMATION PEOPLE THATAPPLIES NOT A BULLY.BLOCKING FLOYD FLOP ORBLOCK.

THERE'S BLOCKEVERYTHING ORGANIZERSPARTNERED WITH LOCAL ARTISTKIA CARTER TO SPELL THOSE 3BIG WORDS ON THE STREET ALONGVICTORY PARK FRIDAY MORNING.

IFEEL LIKE IT'S REALLYINSPIRATIONAL.AND THE CHINESE GREAT.AND I'M REALLY I'M HAPPYABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE AREEXCITED ABOUT HELPING PAY.AND THIS IS A COMMUNITYLEAD AND COMMUNITY FUNDEDEFFORT WITH ORGANIZERS RAVINGABOUT $800 FOR SUPPLIES INJUST A FEW SHORT DAYS ANDABOUT 60 PEOPLE SHOWING UP TOHELP PAINT THIS MORNING BUTGETTING THOSE VOLUNTEERS TOSHOW UP FROM AS FAR AS SANJOSE AND SHINGLE SPRINGS WASONLY HALF THE BATTLEORGANIZERS HAVE BEEN IN TALKSWITH THE CITY AND THE STOCKTONPOLICE DEPARTMENT TO GETPERMISSION TO PAINT HERE.GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE'SBEEN ABOUT 2, 3, DAYS JUST TOORGANIZE THE WHOLE THING.IF WE DID FACE CHALLENGESWITH GETTING THE PRIME OFGETTING THE CITY TO GO WITHLET'S DO THIS OFFICERS SHOWEDUP TO THE PARK WHEN PAINTINGSTARTED REMINDING VOLUNTEERSTHE MURAL COULD ONLY BETEMPORARY WE HAVE WASHABLEPAINT THAT WILL BE PAYING ITOFF ON AT THE END OF THEDUTIES EVENT.SO THERE'S NO ISSUES HERE,BUT IT JUST WOULD HAVE BEEN TOHAVE A LITTLE MORE SUPPORTFROM THE CITY.BUT THEY SAY EVEN IFTHEY'RE MURAL ONLY LASTS ONEDAY THEIR MOVEMENT IS JUSTBEGINNING BUT I'VE NOT OR ISNOT A ONE-TIME THING NOT AONE-DAY THING THIS ISSOMETHING NOT.IF NOT A YEAR OR 2 YEARSFROM NOW IT SHOULD BE KNOWNFOR EVER WE WANT TO HAVE AMEAL THAT'S MORE PERMANENT, SOWE HOPE TO DO SO BY CONTACTINGTHE CITY AFTER TODAY ANDTRYING TO GET HIM YOU KNOWTHAT'S MORE.DURABLE AND LONG-LASTING INSTOCKTON, OLIVIA DE JANEIROFOX 40 NEWS.AND WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN