A woman who climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July to protest the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexican border has been sentenced to five years’ probation and 200 hours of community service.
Therese Okoumou poses with clear tape on her face before her sentencing in New York on Tuesday.
Therese Okoumou entered the Manhattan federal courthouse on Tuesday with clear tape all over her face and a headband across her forehead scrawled with the phrase “I care!”She removed the tape at the judge's insistence before her sentencing on charges of trespassing, interference with an agency’s function and disorderly conduct.
The nearly four-hour demonstration forced an evacuation of 4,330 people from the statue grounds on one of its busiest days of the year.A digest of essential news, insight and analysis from L.A. Times editors.
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