ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - “Black Lives Matter” was painted prominently in Atlantic City on Friday — just not on the seaside resort’s famous Boardwalk, which activists had originally hoped.What had originally appeared to pit racial injustice protesters against city officials who were determined to prevent damage to the historic Boardwalk unfolded peacefully.While about a dozen demonstrators rallied on the Boardwalk, about a half-mile away, volunteers for the city painted the words “Black Lives Matter” in bold yellow on Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard.Speakers at the rally included Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, who died while being subdued by police in New York City for selling untaxed cigarettes.