PHOTOS: Day 8 of George Floyd protests in DC

Protesters stayed out Friday evening in spite of the rain. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Demonstrations continued in the rain outside the White House on Friday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A man and a woman who had been protesting walk in the rain Friday evening near the White House. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Protesters gathered along 16th Street before the rain on Friday. (WTOP/Ken Duffy)

Protesters stayed at Black Lives Matter Plaza on Friday in spite of the rain. (WTOP/Ken Duffy)

Two young women laid down along the stencil created along 16th Street NW. (WTOP/Ken Duffy)

A protester holds a Black Lives Matter sign at the fence outside Lafayette Square on Friday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A man holds a flag during a protest on Friday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

People walk down 16th Street after volunteers, with permission from the city, painted “Black Lives Matter” on the street near the White House on June 5, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images/Tasos Katopodis)

With the Washington Monument in the background people walk on the street leading to the White House after the words Black Lives Matter were painted on it by city workers and activists Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington.

With St. John’s Church in the background, people walk under a new street sign on Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington. “The section of 16th street in front of the White House is now officially ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza,'” District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser tweeted. The black and white sign was put up to mark the change.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser walks on the street leading to the White House after the words Black Lives Matter were painted in enormous bright yellow letters on the street by city workers and activists Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington.

City workers and activists paint the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the the street leading to the White House, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington.

Demonstrators protest Friday, June 5, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Demonstrators protest Friday, June 5, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 05: Demonstrators gather on 16th St. near Lafayette Park during a peaceful protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Protests in cities throughout the country have been largely peaceful in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 05: A student holds up a fist during a Black Lives Matter sit-in at the National Cathedral during a peaceful protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Protests in cities throughout the country are largely peaceful in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington. White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow, left, and Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, top right listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)