Posted on 08/17/2020 12:20:53 PM PDT by libstripper
Six protesters have been arrested after a George Washington statue in Los Angeles was defaced and torn down during protests last week.
Footage of the incident showed the life-size figure of America's first president with red bands around its neck as a group tried to pull it to the ground. The group are said to have changed clothes in an attempt to avoid detection moments after the statue was toppled in Grand Park on Thursday.
* * * Those arrested are Anna Asher, 28 and Barham Lashley, 30, both of North Hollywood; Andrew Johnson, 22, of Glendale; Elizabeth Brookey, 20, of Burbank; and Emma Juncosa, 23, and Christopher Woodard, 33, both of Los Angeles.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
(a)Whoever, in a circumstance described in subsection (b), willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to injure or destroy, any structure, plaque, statue, or other monument on public property commemorating the service of any person or persons in the armed forces of the United States shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(b)A circumstance described in this subsection is that—
(1)in committing the offense described in subsection (a), the defendant travels or causes another to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses the mail or an instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce; or
(2)the structure, plaque, statue, or other monument described in subsection (a) is located on property owned by, or under the jurisdiction of, the Federal Government.
Since the statue depicts Washington in a military uniform, there's a good chance that would be interpreted as "commemorating [his] service in the armed forces[.]" Although these five are all CA residents, there's also a good chance they planned at least a part of their crime over either the Internet or by using cell phones, meaning they would have used "an instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce[.]" Thus, they could be looking at serious Federal time.
I find out more about the riots and arrests from the UK daily mail than I do from United States online news.
The editorial policy is hard left but at least they report news on both sides of the fence.
perhaps they still understand that editorial pages are for editorials and the rest of the site is for news
We need a Judge Dredd.
Wanna stop this crap? If it were up to me, I’d shoot the dirty little bastards.
They’ll be out by day’s end.
Just goes to show that none of this is some sort of spontaneous emotional outbreak. This is all highly coordinated and funded activities.
They’re like ISIS....so send them to the middle east and see how they handle life.
All of that stuff provided or facilitated by faculty on some college campus. The perp walks should have started weeks ago.
When are we going to prosecute the police for false arrests and civil rights violations.
These are state charges in California, so in all likelihood, any charges will likely be dismissed.
These people are the products of the communist education system and commie mommies and daddys.
I hate these animals. Would love to ship them all to a 3rd world country slum and drop them off. They deserve nothing from this country at all.
Unfortunately this is probably City property and nothing will happen unless Federal charges can be brought against them. This was obviously well planned. These are Antifa scum and the Feds need to come after them with the RICO Act.
I love this idea so much!
It’s about time!
They walk.
Then there is the report of 2 BLM stopping a vehicle with guns drawn, not to mention the nightly riots. This matter is getting out of hand. I'm still waiting for them to move on the suburbs, according to their threats. That would be an entirely different scenario depending on which suburbs.
It may work in surrounding suburbs of the Red riot cities which are mostly unarmed. Try it in a Blue city suburbs and see what happens. I've talked to my neighbors here in Orange County, CA. Once they start attacking our Main Street centers, then our strip mall shops and start to move on residential areas, they will feel the wrath that they have built. No further details.
Whether it’s city property or not doesn’t matter here because Washington’s depicted in U.S. uniform, meaning the statue commemorates his service. The next hurdle is proving the perps used instrumentalities of interstate commerce in plotting and executing their plan. Also probably not very hard to do since they probably used their cell phones for much of the plotting and preparation.
Penalty? Now you kids don’t do that anymore. Go on. Skeedaddle.
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