Order calls on attorney general to prosecute vandals to fullest extent of the law, threatens state and local law enforcement with loss of funding if they fail to protect monuments
The base of the statue of former president Andrew Jackson is power washed inside a newly closed Lafayette Park, Wednesday, June 24, 2020, in Washington, which has been the site of protests over the death of George Floyd.President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to protect monuments, memorials and statues facing new scrutiny amid fresh debate over the nation’s racist beginnings.
He retweeted an FBI wanted poster showing pictures of 15 protesters who are wanted for “vandalization of federal property.” “These arsonists, anarchists, looters, and agitators have been largely stopped,” Trump tweeted. “I am doing what is necessary to keep our communities safe – and these people will be brought to Justice!”Protesters on Monday night attempted to drag the Jackson statue down with ropes and chains. Police repelled the protesters and sealed off Lafayette Park, which had been reopened to the public for more than a week after protests against the death of George Floyd at police hands in Minnesota.
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