PROTECTIONS IT OVERTURNED VIOLATE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT. THOSE CHANGES TAKE EFFECT NEXT MONTH. >>> FAYETTEVILLE'S MARKET HOUSE IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY AND ONCE AGAIN CENTER OF CONTROVERSY BECAUSE OF THIS OR WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT THERE. MONDAY, THESE CREWS BEGAN REMOVING THE WORDS, BLACK LIVES DO MATTER AND END RACISM OUT FROM THE STREET THAT SURROUNDS IT. GILBERT BAEZ JOIN US LIVE AFTER TALKING WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS. >> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAID WHEN THEY PUT THOSE WORDS DOWN, THEY SAID WHAT WAS AT THE BASE OF THE MARKET HOUSE WOULD BE TEMPORARY. THOSE WORDS AND THE BUILDING ITSELF SPARK DIVIDE AMONGST FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE MAYOR SAID TODAY EVEN THOUGH THE WORDS ARE GONE, HE AND THE CITY COUNCIL STILL STAND BEHIND WHAT THEY MEANT. IT TOOK CITY WORKERS THREE DAYS TO REMOVE THE WORDS, BLACK LIVES DO MATTER AND END RACISM NOW FROM AROUND THE FAYETTEVILLE MARKET HOUSE. WORKS NEAR THE MARKET HOUSE AND SAID THE REMOVAL COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A WORST TIME. >> FROM THE SIMPLE FACT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S BIRTHDAY IS COMING, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS COMING. I FEEL LIKE THEY COULD'VE TIME TO LITTLE BETTER IF THEY TRIED TO REMOVE IT OR REPLACE IT WITH ANYTHING ELSE. >> THIS WAS MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY. COULD WE HAVE COMMUNICATED A BETTER? ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: MAYOR MITCH: AGREES IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST TIME TO REMOVE THOSE WORDS. THEY WERE PUT DOWN LAST YEAR AFTER MARKET HOUSE WAS SET ON FIRE. THE GROUP CAMPED OUT AT ITS BASE ABOUT A WEEK DEMANDING CHANGE IN POLICING AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. >> I FEEL LIKE IF THE CITY COUNCILMAN THERE REALLY WERE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THAT DISCOURSE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REMOVE THE WORDING AND POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE. >> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAID HE AND THE CITY COUNCIL ARE LISTENING AND SOMETHING ELSE IS ON THE WAY. >> I WILL BE LOOKING AT EXAMPLES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERE THEY ALLOCATED A CERTAIN AREA CALLED BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA. ATLANTA HAS A CERTAIN DESIGNATED AREA NOT IN THE CENTER OF TRAFFIC AND A LOT MORE SUSTAINABILITY. >> Reporter: THE MAYOR HAS NOT GIVEN THE TIMETABLE AS TO WHEN WHAT HE IS DESCRIBING MIGHT APPEAR IN FAYETTEVILLE. HE IS ASKING FOLKS, THE CITY COUNCIL GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS, HE WANTS EVERYONE TO PUT THEIR DIFFERENCES ASIDE AND TRY TO WORK THESE DIFFERENCES