Green Paint Found On Smithsonian Statue, Organ at National Cathedral

[LiberalElite]

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Source: Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/green-paint-found-on-smithsonian-statue-organ-at-national-cathedral/2013/07/29/3d65169a-f884-11e2-b018-5b8251f0c56e_story.html

A wave of vandalism continued to mar some of Washington’s more popular landmarks Monday with at least three more attractions spattered with green paint, and authorities announced the arrest of a woman near one of the incidents at the Washington National Cathedral.

The latest crimes occurred three days after the Lincoln Memorial was defaced in similar fashion; on Monday, the light-green paint was discovered on an organ in the cathedral’s Bethlehem Chapel, in the cathedral’s Children’s Chapel and on the granite base of a statue next to the Smithsonian Castle on the National Mall.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/green-paint-found-on-smithsonian-statue-organ-at-national-cathedral/2013/07/29/3d65169a-f884-11e2-b018-5b8251f0c56e_story.html

[kas125]

1. I just read that a homeless woman has been arrested for this -

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/green-paint-found-on-smithsonian-statue-organ-at-national-cathedral/2013/07/29/3d65169a-f884-11e2-b018-5b8251f0c56e_story.html

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Wow!

This is not the best way to make a point.

[Lefta Dissenter]

3. Terrible

I was there just last week. It makes it feel like a very personal affront.

[oldandhappy]

4. This is sick.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Yes. Probably mental illness that needs treatment.

[theHandpuppet]

6. That's exactly what I was thinking.

Too many people who need help turned out into the streets. We'll find out soon enough. She will probably get a psych evaluation and if she's ill I really hope she'll be able to get some treatment.

[TexasTowelie]

7. More about the woman arrested:

Jiamei Tian, 58, was arrested inside the cathedral shortly after the paint was found and charged with defacing property, police and cathedral officials said. Investigators were hoping to question her about the vandalism on the Mall, including at the Lincoln Memorial, but a language barrier was complicating those efforts, Assistant D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said soon after the arrest.

It was not immediately clear if Tian had an attorney. Police believed she was homeless. No motive was given.

http://www.theeagle.com/news/nation/article_2bf416e6-faf0-574b-81aa-f9c3dc6cafe7.html

[Socal31]

8. I am the last one to believe in conspiracy theories.

I definitely do not believe that a 2nd shooter put thermite on Jimmy Hoffa right before he pretended to walk on the moon....but is anyone buying that this homeless person was not put up to these acts?

[Lasher]

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