No, she was part of a mob. She put the noose around the statutes neck. Her compatriots in the mob finished the job. Wonderful start to her future with a felony record.
Normalcy Bias. That's a resume enhancer in her world.
I’m pretty sure it’s just a class 1 misdemeanor in NC.
She’ll plead down to some type of criminal trespass with a suspended sentence. No Durham prosecutor is going to want too much to do with this, I suspect.
§ 14-127. Willful and wanton injury to real property.
If any person shall willfully and wantonly damage, injure or destroy any real property whatsoever, either of a public or private nature, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (R.C., c. 34, s. 111; 1873-4, c. 176, s. 5; Code, s. 1081; Rev., s. 3677; C.S., s. 4301; 1967, c. 1083; 1993, c. 539, s. 67; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)