Former Olympian Arrested at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn, 67, was arrested on June 20, 2026, at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., after allegedly touching a piece of peeling liner on the newly refurbished pool
What Happened
Hearn, a three-time Summer Olympian, was on a 52-mile bike ride when he stopped to view the pool after its $14 million renovation, a project championed by President Donald Trump ahead of the U.S. 250th anniversary. Reports say he noticed a partially detached “American flag blue” coating on the pool’s bottom and reached in to examine it, briefly touching the still-attached edge Yahoo Moments later, U.S. Park Police detained him on a misdemeanor charge of destruction of government property
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I've seen people on Facebook claim that the whole sabatoge conspiracy is true because "there have been arrests". 99% sure the arrests they're referring to is this guy, who touched a piece of liner that was peeling off already.
Guarding a pool of algae is a perfect use of their time in my opinion. Except for the arrests I suppose. Police work is a welfare program for the lower IQ individuals amongst us. They'd probably all be doing crime or on drugs without this program.
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TheRealShadeSlimmy@lemmy.world · 85 pts · 88d
Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app · 39 pts · 88d
What's worse? There's a non-zero chance they actually believe that.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 16 pts · 88d
Former Olympian Arrested at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn, 67, was arrested on June 20, 2026, at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., after allegedly touching a piece of peeling liner on the newly refurbished pool
What Happened
Hearn, a three-time Summer Olympian, was on a 52-mile bike ride when he stopped to view the pool after its $14 million renovation, a project championed by President Donald Trump ahead of the U.S. 250th anniversary. Reports say he noticed a partially detached “American flag blue” coating on the pool’s bottom and reached in to examine it, briefly touching the still-attached edge Yahoo Moments later, U.S. Park Police detained him on a misdemeanor charge of destruction of government property
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jballs@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 88d
I've seen people on Facebook claim that the whole sabatoge conspiracy is true because "there have been arrests". 99% sure the arrests they're referring to is this guy, who touched a piece of liner that was peeling off already.
CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 88d
And you just know they had guys standing by ready to nab anyone who got "too close".
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 7 pts · 88d
That's the thing. On top of all the other costs, we're shelling out overtime to keep extra cops guarding the water.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 84d
Guarding a pool of algae is a perfect use of their time in my opinion. Except for the arrests I suppose. Police work is a welfare program for the lower IQ individuals amongst us. They'd probably all be doing crime or on drugs without this program.
Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app · 6 pts · 88d
Yeah, was meaning more the bioengineered, paint eating algae, like some Kojima story.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d
Donalds talking points for his july 7 rally
psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 88d
sigh
Another day, another post which I 100% cannot tell if true or satire.
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 88d
https://news.meaww.com/fact-check-did-kash-patel-announce-an-investigation-into-the-vandalism-of-the-reflecting-pool
Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 88d
I cant tell if this is a joke, if it is made up and posted by some random far right simp, or this is real. I hate this timeline.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 88d
I want it to be real so bad though
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 88d
DakRalter@thelemmy.club · 14 pts · 88d
I remember when it was really obvious when something was satire. Now I have to think about it and even then I'm not 100% sure 😭😭
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 88d
btw OP's image is a screenshot of (a small excerpt of) this tweet https://xcancel.com/mcafeenew/status/2068794859251441912 and also, fyi:
justaman123@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
So far
nullspace@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 88d
The algae was created in the same lab they made covid in! Wake up, sheeple!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 87d
i found him, and this is the worst part. He's black!
Naich@piefed.world · 7 pts · 88d
Someone learned a new word and wanted to try it out.
20cello@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 88d
The peptides left the chat
justaman123@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 87d
Geez imagine what we could actually get done if antifa was real and organized like they say they are
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 87d
Literally called this shit last week
politicalincorruption@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 87d
Algeafa
osanna@lemmy.vg · 2 pts · 87d
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 1 pts · 88d
I want this to be true, sounds funny.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 84d
Was Patel at a bar when he made these comments? Maybe hanging out with 'teleportation to waffle house' guy?