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The Washington Monument has been vandalized by somebody with a bone to choose with the federal government โฆ but it surelyโs laborious to inform which facet he is on.
The vandal used some type of brush to deface the homage to George Washington with this โฆ โHave you been f**ked by this (with an arrow pointing up). Gov says tough shit.โ
The offender, Shaun Ray Deaton from Bloomington, IN, was nabbed on the scene and arrested at 8 PM Tuesday night time. Heโs been charged with trespassing, tampering and vandalism.
As for the 555-foot-tall monument โฆ it is quickly closed till a cleanup does its factor.
As for the that means of the message โฆ who is aware of? It could possibly be a protest over the very development of the Washington Monument, which was constructed by slaves. It is also a protest over `100 different issues โฆ taxes, abortion, inflation, and on and on.
The Washington Monument has been a centerpiece on the National Mall since 1888.
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