ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Two men were arrested after police said they tried to block FDOT crews from painting over the "Black History Matters" street mural in St. Petersburg .

What we know:

The St. Pete Police Department said crews with the Florida Department of Transportation arrived at 8 p.m. to paint over the street mural on 9th Avenue South, west of 22nd Street South.

However, officials said Andrew Oliver, 45, and Benedict Atherton-Zeman, 59, walked by police officers and sat down in the road, on top of the mural. Officers said they were trying to block FDOT machinery.

Officers said they warned both of them to move repeatedly, but they refused. That's when police arrested them, according to the department.

Oliver and Atherton-Zeman were arrested on two charges, including pedes

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