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Posted on 12/15/2021 6:57:17 PM PST by marshmallow
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a “person of interest” caught on camera damaging an Our Lady of Fatima statue outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 5.
Police on Wednesday, Dec. 8, released black-and-white surveillance footage of the incident that shows a man wearing a mask approaching the Marian statue at 10:58 p.m. The man steps up to the statue, withdraws a mallet or hammer-like tool, and appears to strike at Our Lady’s hands. He climbs back down only to step up again and repeatedly whack at her face, sending pieces of marble flying. As he leaves, he appears to pick up and carry away the statue’s cut-off hands.
A gathering was planned at the statue at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, immediately following the 5:15 p.m. Mass at the basilica, to recite the rosary in reparation for the attack.
Police said the incident is not currently deemed to be a hate crime.
“At this time, the incident is not being investigated as a hate crime,” a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told CNA. “However, the classification is subject to change if our investigation determines a clear motive.”
A copy of the police report obtained by CNA notes that the statue’s praying hands, face, and the cross on her crown were damaged. It lists two offenses: the destruction of property as a felony and unlawful entry. One section of the form offers detectives the option to list incidents as “suspected hate crimes.” The police selected “no.” The statue has a declared value of $250,000, according to the police report.
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Can’t be a hate crime... Mary was white, ergo it’s not a hate crime to attack her statues because those who attacked the statue didn’t have power. /s
The Basilica is adjacent to and essentially upon the Catholic University campus.
Mary is Jewish, so where’s the protection at?
“Police said the incident is not currently deemed to be a hate crime.”
Throw some raw bacon on a mosque’s steps, and it is.
Still, most Catholics will still vote Democrat/Communist.
You’d be surprised how many police officers on any given municipal force now identify as Muslim. So yeah, that’s who you’d definitely want to investigate damage done to Roman Catholic church and worship sites.
No one was upset about the damage to St. John’s in DC...why?? Because President Trump made notice of it.
I grew up in the shadow of it.
What an idiot. What did he think he was harming?
It’s a statue. They weren’t “Mary’s hands”.
Anything about the general appearance of the perp?
Amish?
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