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| Trump: I've ‘authorized' federal arrests for vandalizing statues; says up to 10 years in prison |
| 2020-06-23 |
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| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #7 Just do a Flynn on them. Make the process painful. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-06-23 17:43 |
| #6 Statues are paid for with Federal money, or matching private funds, or State money, or wholly private funds. Some are commercially gifted to cities. Same as CV-19. If Mayors and/or Governors are not going to protect their citizens or infrastructure with the instruments they have available to them, only then would we expect the Federal Government to act for the common good. Even the action taken is no assurance history and it's memorabilia will be protected. Too many folks sittin' back and taken their slice. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-23 17:42 |
| #5 You sure are a critical fella. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-23 16:06 |
| #4 Took 'im long enough. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-06-23 15:40 |
| #3 The sad thing is it took the President of the United States, sitting in the highest office in the land, to take action on the bullshi*, and as DT said, we're still unsure of the actual outcomes. A pox be upon local politicians, a lingering pox with draining, itching abscesses of the eyes, mouth, and nether regions. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-06-23 14:28 |
| #2 Just guaranteed nobody will be arrested. |
| Posted by: Dopey Thaiter8666 2020-06-23 14:08 |
| #1 “I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent,” Trump tweeted. Good start, but we'll see how well that ends up in court and I doubt it protects statues on private property like collages. Still for a whiff of grapeshot on these people. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2020-06-23 12:25 |