Six BLM protesters are arrested for tearing down and defacing George Washington statue at LA City Hall - as cops recover gas mask, laser pointer, helmet, goggles, arm protectors & change of clothing to conceal identity

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | Aug. 17, 2020 | Laure Fruen

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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.

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I knew about that rally and the protestors, but it was localized where Trump was speaking

Protestors? They were attacking and assaulting people as they exited the fairgrounds. They were burning police vehicles and assaulting the cops...But I guess your fair grounds, which are completely surrounded by suburbia there in OC, don't count. Got it.