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pat_k

(14,528 posts)
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 07:38 PM Jun 20

People: Former Olympian David Hearn Arrested for Touching the Reflecting Pool amid Trump's Claims of Vandalism

When People magazine does a better job constructing a headline than other so-called "news" outlets, it sure says something out the state of journalism.

https://people.com/former-olympian-david-hearn-arrested-for-touching-reflecting-pool-amid-trumps-claims-of-vandalism-12003496

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People: Former Olympian David Hearn Arrested for Touching the Reflecting Pool amid Trump's Claims of Vandalism (Original Post) pat_k Jun 20 OP
Dump wants scapegoats sakabatou Jun 20 #1
A couple of comments about this bull💩.. Deuxcents Jun 20 #2
If ever pro bono work should be done, it's for Hearn. BadgerMom Jun 20 #3
Great idea and I hope it happens. Deuxcents Jun 20 #4
This is in DC AverageOldGuy Jun 20 #5
No Pete, No Fred, No Teddy . . . hatrack Jun 20 #12
Don't forget the NatGuard and metro police are now there. niyad Jun 20 #6
I don't know whether to laugh or cry about this. Deuxcents Jun 20 #7
TY pat-k.. I couldn't read Cha Jun 20 #8
He should demand a jury trial and demand that F45 appear to back up his claim of vandalism. nt in2herbs Jun 20 #9
It will never see a courtroom. Wiz Imp Jun 20 #15
So if someone does a "Frottage" (texture rubbing) on the Vietnam War Memorial Seinan Sensei Jun 20 #10
And, thus, the staggering stupidity... GiqueCee Jun 20 #11
Once again, tRump is looking for scapegoats B.See Jun 20 #13
This will be quickly dismissed CanonRay Jun 20 #14
Now do the vandalism of the Kennedy Center purr-rat beauty Jun 20 #16
Of course, the nitwit in chief had his motorcade Sparkly Jun 20 #17

Deuxcents

(28,259 posts)
2. A couple of comments about this bull💩..
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:49 PM
Jun 20

There are most likely hundreds of videos of people taking pieces of floating debris..
This arrest will go nowhere but will inconvenience and cost the guy lots of wasted time and money
I’d love to see thousands of people come to the pool tomorrow, peacefully, of course, but in solidarity for this person having to go this charade
When will TSF put a fence around the pool tomorrow keep people out?

That’ll do for now..

AverageOldGuy

(4,384 posts)
5. This is in DC
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 09:18 PM
Jun 20

The case -- if it continues -- will come before Jean Pirro whom Trump appointed as the US Attorney for the District of Columbia.

Judge Boxwine Pirro does not exactly have a winning record in her position. I don't know any details, but a large percentage of the cases prosecutors have brought before her have been thrown out by juries, both grand juries who refuse to indict and trial juries who refuse to convict.

This case likely will come before Judge Boxwine Pirro and will be laughed out of court by a grand jury.

Cha

(321,585 posts)
8. TY pat-k.. I couldn't read
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 09:52 PM
Jun 20

what People had to say. My Zoom has to be up high so I can read it, and the video is in the way.

But I got this from ESPN:

Hearn, 67, of Bethesda, Maryland, owned a company that made composite used to build watercraft. He said he stopped by the pool during his 64-mile bike ride Friday to see what was going on.

Hearn told The Associated Press that he reached into the pool because he wanted to examine the peeling new coating. He said he briefly touched a chunk that was still attached to the side of the pool, then let go shortly after a park worker told him to.

But, Hearn said, he was then detained by National Guard troops and Park Police for five hours before being released Friday night.

"I'm a curious citizen," Hearn said in a telephone interview. "I reached down to see what it felt like. It was very rubbery."

I hope all this exposes the faulty work the PEDO's contractor did.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/49130363/ex-olympian-arrested-allegedly-vandalizing-reflecting-pool

in2herbs

(4,673 posts)
9. He should demand a jury trial and demand that F45 appear to back up his claim of vandalism. nt
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 10:17 PM
Jun 20

Seinan Sensei

(1,733 posts)
10. So if someone does a "Frottage" (texture rubbing) on the Vietnam War Memorial
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 10:22 PM
Jun 20

… that could be vandalism?
They touched it.
They didn’t take-away anything.
They left it just like they found it.

GiqueCee

(5,077 posts)
11. And, thus, the staggering stupidity...
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 10:24 PM
Jun 20

... of EVERYTHING even remotely related to the the Trump regime is laid bare for all the world to see, and ain't nuthin' Trump's shit-brained sycophants ca do to spin it. Ah, the schadenfreude is more delicious than truffles.

B.See

(9,060 posts)
13. Once again, tRump is looking for scapegoats
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 10:45 PM
Jun 20

to cover for his own incompetence. Yeah, It was VANDALIZED alright. By YOU, chump.

Next he'll be arresting people for gazing at it too sternly. Maybe he can tarp over THAT.

Jackass.

Sparkly

(24,948 posts)
17. Of course, the nitwit in chief had his motorcade
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 11:23 PM
Jun 20

drive over the surface of the reflecting pool. No doubt that did wonders for it.

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