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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What's worse? There's a non-zero chance they actually believe that.
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
edit =cut and pasted from search, and links removed.
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.
And you just know they had guys standing by ready to nab anyone who got "too close".
That's the thing. On top of all the other costs, we're shelling out overtime to keep extra cops guarding the water.
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.
Yeah, was meaning more the bioengineered, paint eating algae, like some Kojima story.
Donalds talking points for his july 7 rally
sigh
Another day, another post which I 100% cannot tell if true or satire.
https://news.meaww.com/fact-check-did-kash-patel-announce-an-investigation-into-the-vandalism-of-the-reflecting-pool
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.
I want it to be real so bad though
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 😭😭
btw OP's image is a screenshot of (a small excerpt of) this tweet https://xcancel.com/mcafeenew/status/2068794859251441912 and also, fyi:
So far
Someone learned a new word and wanted to try it out.
The algae was created in the same lab they made covid in! Wake up, sheeple!
i found him, and this is the worst part. He's black!
The peptides left the chat
Literally called this shit last week
Geez imagine what we could actually get done if antifa was real and organized like they say they are
Algeafa
That dastardly antifa company with all their employees sabotaging dear leader’s hard work!
Was Patel at a bar when he made these comments? Maybe hanging out with 'teleportation to waffle house' guy?
I want this to be true, sounds funny.