Trump orders arrest,jailing of protesters pulling down statues


Protesters have targeted statues associated with slavery and European colonialism

They were pepperspayed while trying to pull down the statue of former President,Andrew Jackson metres away from the White house


US President Donald Trump says he has authorised the government to arrest anyone caught trying to tear down monuments or statues, threatening they could be jailed for 10 years.

Trump said on Tuesday the new order applies "retroactively" so those who previously participated in bringing down memorials could be arrested. 

"I have authorised the federal government to arrest anyone who vandalises or destroys any monument, statue or other such federal property in the US with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran's Memorial Preservation Act," the president wrote on Twitter.

Commenting as he departed the White House for a trip to Arizona on Tuesday, Trump reiterated his threat and said, "I will have an executive order very shortly, and all it's really going to do is reinforce what's already there, but in a more uniform way."

The federal statute Trump referred to subjects anyone who willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to injure or destroy, any structure, plaque, statue or other monument on public property commemorating the service of any person or persons in the armed forces of the US to fines, up to 10 years imprisonment, or both.

A wave of nationwide rallies calling for racial justice has swept across the United States since May 25 when George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


Source: News agencies

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