People ticketed for vandalizing Washington Reflecting Pool to be fully prosecuted, Judge Wine Box says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Amina Niasse

NEW YORK, June 21 (Reuters) - People caught vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Washington's National ‌Mall will be fully prosecuted, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro ‌said on Sunday.

President Donald Trump has blamed vandalism for recent problems with the ​newly renovated pool, including its new blue paint peeling off. Citations for vandalism have been issued, Pirro said on Sunday, adding that even minor crimes must be prosecuted to keep the U.S. capital safe.

The ‌peeling paint was visible ⁠in the 2,000-foot-long rectangular pool, a major national landmark, less than two weeks after Trump declared ⁠its $14.7 million renovation project completed on June 6. Trump on Saturday claimed, without providing evidence, that vandals poured corrosive chemicals into the ​pool.

"Anyone who ​is in a position of ​vandalizing or attempting to vandalize ‌will face the criminal justice system in D.C.," Pirro told Fox News' "Sunday Briefing" program.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/people-ticketed-vandalizing-washington-reflecting-190612134.html

The only one who vandalized it is the idiot you work for.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Judge Wine Box!? This is a great nickname for her.

[MustLoveBeagles]

37. Very accurate

[dem4decades]

2. Discovery should be fun, i hope a nice, smart Democratic lawyer represents them.

[odins folly]

6. No one vandalized the pool.....

Shitbag had a delusional dream that there were vandals because he couldn’t possibly have picked a dumbass to do a job he wasn’t qualified to perform, and the rest of his band of sycophants are falling in line with the BS….

The coating absorbed the heat which made the algae bloom. First lie was that the algae was in the pipes, and would clear in days. The next thing was they poured hydrogen peroxide into the pool to try and kill the algae. The peroxide caused the coating to lift.

Now dear leader says it was perfectly clear and that there were vandals, so all the little snowflake soldiers fall all over themselves backing up the grand delusion….

[dpibel]

21. If you believe people don't get arrested without evidence,

I have some extremely valuable bridge property I'd like to sell you on the cheap.

Anyone who can say that has not being paying attention to real life for quite a long time.

Not to mention the fact that this is a misdemeanor and is highly unlikely to lead to the incarceration you so fervently advocate.

Other than that, I think you're really onto something!

[ForgedCrank]

24. Can you

point to where I said that, as a quote?
Or maybe you are referring to someone else and got us mixed up? What I did say is that it was an indicator. People do get arrested without evidence, it's a rather rare thing, but it does happen.
Don't put words in my mouth. Instead, read what I actually wrote without making incorrect assumptions.

[dpibel]

26. That's some wild spin

You said: "And generally, people don't get arrested unless there is at least some evidence against them."

It is not putting words in your mouth to restate that proposition as "people don't get arrested without evidence."

Bluster on!

[ForgedCrank]

27. Wht do

you consider spin?
Let's start here, What is incorrect or "spin" in the following statement of fact that I made: "And generally, people don't get arrested unless there is at least some evidence against them."

And this is your baseline for being honest? Removing key parts of what I said to "spin" it the way that fits your needs?

[dpibel]

29. I think that you have comprehension problems

Just my opinion, y'all.

[odins folly]

30. I was relaying what I have read over the last few weeks

If you haven’t seen anything to collaborate or validate anything in what I wrote, then we follow different lines of thought. I read, I read many sources and few of them are mainstream media sources.

Over these past weeks I have read about the reflecting pool renovation where the pool was drained to have a “protective” coating applied and how it was not going well. I red how the algae came back due to heat and the coating. I read and saw the pictures of people pouring hydrogen peroxide into the pool and read the report from a pool guy who pointed out they were not adding anywhere near the amount of peroxide required for the volume of water in the pool. I read how only a day later, the coating began to peal up most likely due to the peroxide. I also read how yesterday they arrested a former Olympian after he reached down to touch the pealing coating. I then read this morning about the shitbag’s declaration that “many people” have been arrested, etc, etc….

I have neither the time nor inclination to trot out sources I read in order to prove I read things that you do not. If I offended you in any way, that was not my intention. I don’t believe in groveling or begging for forgiveness, least of all mine. I don’t know you, so I don’t feel it necessary to prove you one way or the other, take it as you wish.

[Wiz Imp]

33. You can't be serious?

The US attorney's office in DC (Jeaanine Prirro) has been no billed by a grand jury more in the past year than most us attorneys offices have in decades combined. The reason is she keeps charging innocent people. Here's just one eggregious example.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jeanine-pirro-fails-fourth-time-144837921.html

Jeanine Pirro Fails for the Fourth Time to Charge Same D.C. Woman
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro has once again failed spectacularly, as she has been unable to charge the same D.C. woman in court four different times.

On Thursday, a jury found Sidney Lori Reid not guilty on misdemeanor charges of assaulting an FBI agent. Reid was accused of assaulting FBI agent Eugenia Bates back in July while being detained. Video shows Reid outside D.C. Jail filming Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were waiting to arrest two people.

Pirro's office had already tried three separate times before this to federally indict Reid on felony charges, which can carry up to eight years in prison. They alleged that Reid "forcibly pushed" an FBI agent's arm off of her with the intent to injure the agent. That argument failed then, and it failed again on Thursday.

It's clear that Pirro's office is vindictively overcharging in a desperate attempt to make an example out of someone, to have a headline to tout for President Trump. But regardless of how many resources and indictments they throw, it doesn't seem to be working.

I have no idea why somebody who believes people don't get arrested unless there is at least some evidence against them is even on DU since that opinion is completely counter to what the site is all about.

[DBoon]

17. Antifa vandalized the pool

a make-believe organization made up of make-believe people

[Kingofalldems]

9. Exactly what things did they do?

I see no evidence of vandalism except for Trump's actual vandalism.

[ForgedCrank]

14. That is

the core purpose of the "if" statement in my post in case you didn't pick up on it.

[dpibel]

23. How soon we forget!

"People who do things like this are not on our side..."

Those are your very words from the conditionally stated post to which you refer.

The poster whose inquiry you are dodging asked what the vandalism at issue was.

IOW: What are these "things like this" to whom you refer.

It's not a question of prejudging guilt or innocence.

It's a question of what heinous deeds you think have been done.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[dpibel]

31. A simplified statement for you

What things are you talking about?

You are, amidst all the volume and bluster, refusing to say what vandalism you believe has been done.

You're quite exercised by it. But you seem not to be able to articulate what it is you think should be righteously punished if, in fact it was done.

Ya see: "Vandalism" is a catchall word. Did someone paint graffiti on the reflecting pool? Did someone tip over the privy of the reflecting pool?

What happened?

You really are not quite as good at this as you seem to think you are.

BTW: What does this mean in standard English: "the topic is alleged vandalism of the grounds reflecting pool."

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. Wait and see if it's true or not?

Given this admin. constant lies, why would you wait and see if it's true or not?
This whole admin is built on lies and deception, and that includes Pirro.

[dem4decades]

12. It wasn't vandalism, it was Trump blaming vandalism.

Come on, do you think it was the Antifa Algea Army?

[ForgedCrank]

15. And you

know this with certainty how, exactly?

[dem4decades]

18. If Trump's lips move he's lying, that's how i know.

[ForgedCrank]

22. I wouldn't

disagree, but me getting attacked for following a logical approach is absurd.
I never thought I'd see people hate so much that they are willing to completely discard nearly all sense of reason over the silliest of things.
Think about this one for a minute: The dominating topic in the political discussion forum is anger over a pool liner.
We have mid-terms coming up, and our current focus is on algae.

[Walleye]

3. Smearing shit in the Capitol building is OK though

[2naSalit]

5. That will go about as well for her...

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As her prosecution of the sandwich guy case.

[underpants]

32. What...er..um ...how far is a "Anyone who ​is in a position of ​vandalizing"

I’m 107 miles from there. Should I be worried?

[2naSalit]

36. Hard to say!

[Blues Heron]

7. Nobody vandalized the pool except trump himself

These people are absolutely in love with gaslighting

[Initech]

10. Jeannie Pirro is criminally insane.

And Rupert Murdoch doesn't own DC. These things are not his. And fuck Trump and his stupid Americagasm.

[sop]

8. How does one "vandalize" a fetid, algae-infested body of water with chunks of peeling paint floating on the surface?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

19. weaponization of justice system for trump to save face

[dave99]

20. shitstain LYING as always since its birth or gestation

[Wiz Imp]

28. No they won't

grand jury will no bill every single charge. Of it ever did reach court, it would be thrown out immediately by a judge. More massive waste of taxpaayer dollars.

[OAITW r.2.0]

34. And they will be found - Not Guilty - by a jury of their peers.

Which means frivolous arrests that cost taxpayers for Trump's inability to accept responsibility.

[Norrrm]

35. Judge Wine Box - Here's a hint.