The Trump Crackdown Begins: ARRESTS and CHARGES for trying to tear down D.C. STATUE

GOOD. Sooner or later Seattle’s ‘CHOP’ will be dismantled. Sooner or later, rioters are going to be pepper sprayed in the face. And sooner or later, the people tearing down statues across the country are going to face the music.

Hint: It’s sooner.

Remember this? Rioters try to tear down Andrew Jackson statue outside White House, huge police presence stops them

And this?

Well check out this, from the U.S. Attorney’s office, D.C.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     Saturday, June 27, 2020
Four Men Charged in Federal Court for Attempting to Tear Down Statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square Amid Protests

Lee Michael Cantrell, 47, of Virginia; Connor Matthew Judd, 20, of Washington, D.C.; Ryan Lane, 37, of Maryland; and Graham Lloyd, 37, of Maine, were charged by criminal complaint yesterday with destruction of federal property, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington Field Office’s Criminal Division James A. Dawson, and Acting Chief of the United States Park Police (USPP) Gregory T. Monahan.

The complaint, unsealed today, alleges that on June 22, 2020, the four men along with other unidentified individuals, damaged and attempted to tear down the statue depicting Andrew Jackson located in Lafayette Square. The complaint further alleges that Cantrell was captured on video attempting to pry the statue off its base with a wooden board and trying to pull the statue down with the aid of a yellow strap. The complaint alleges that Judd is seen on video trying to pull down the statue, and that Lane is seen on video affixing a rope to one part of the statue and then pulling on another rope tied to the statue. The complaint also alleges that video of the incident shows Lloyd as he breaks off and destroys the wheels of cannons located at the base of the statue. Lloyd is also captured on video pulling on ropes in an effort to topple the statue, and handing a hammer to an unidentified individual involved in the incident.

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Great. Take your medicine. You want to fight for the cause you take the consequences. It’s part of the package.


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