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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoman who climbed Statue of Liberty in immigration protest found guilty
Source: The Guardian
Woman who climbed Statue of Liberty in immigration protest found guilty
Magistrate judge Gabriel Gorenstein says Therese Patricia Okoumous political and moral motivations did not trump the law
Victoria Bekiempis in New York
Mon 17 Dec 2018 19.53 GMT
An activist has been found guilty of a series of federal crimes after she climbed on to the base of the Statue of Liberty this summer to protest against the US policy of separating migrant families and holding children in detention.
Magistrate judge Gabriel Gorenstein convicted Therese Patricia Okoumou, who goes by Patricia, on Monday afternoon after a one-day bench trial in New York, asserting that the protesters political and moral motivations did not trump the law.
Okoumou had grown teary on Monday as she told a judge in New York about how the treatment of children at the US-Mexico border prompted her to scale the statue in a high-profile protest on the Fourth of July this year.
I wanted to send a strong statement that children do not belong in cages, said Okoumou, on Monday morning at the start of her trial at the Manhattan federal court.
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Magistrate judge Gabriel Gorenstein says Therese Patricia Okoumous political and moral motivations did not trump the law
Victoria Bekiempis in New York
Mon 17 Dec 2018 19.53 GMT
An activist has been found guilty of a series of federal crimes after she climbed on to the base of the Statue of Liberty this summer to protest against the US policy of separating migrant families and holding children in detention.
Magistrate judge Gabriel Gorenstein convicted Therese Patricia Okoumou, who goes by Patricia, on Monday afternoon after a one-day bench trial in New York, asserting that the protesters political and moral motivations did not trump the law.
Okoumou had grown teary on Monday as she told a judge in New York about how the treatment of children at the US-Mexico border prompted her to scale the statue in a high-profile protest on the Fourth of July this year.
I wanted to send a strong statement that children do not belong in cages, said Okoumou, on Monday morning at the start of her trial at the Manhattan federal court.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/17/statue-of-liberty-climber-trial-us-immigration
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Woman who climbed Statue of Liberty in immigration protest found guilty (Original Post)
Eugene
Dec 2018
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rsdsharp
(9,135 posts)1. Chalk up another victory for Avenatti.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)2. He didn't actually do anything
Other than tweet that he was representing her in some unspecified capacity, he's not admitted to practice in New York, and it doesn't seem like he did anything other than spectate here:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/17/statue-of-liberty-climber-trial-us-immigration
Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who has joined Okoumous legal team, sat in the front row of the gallery.
rsdsharp
(9,135 posts)3. From what I've seen
he rarely does anything but rush to the cameras.
borgesian
(52 posts)4. "...up to 18 months behind bars..."
That seems quite excessive.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)5. Not to me.
Don't fuck with out national treasures.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)6. She ruined the holiday for many people who wanted to visit
the Statue of Liberty------18 months would be fine.
A very selfish act that achieved nothing.