Justice Served: Climate Activists Who Defaced Constitution At National Archives Sentenced To Prison

Posted • November 27, 2024: Back in February, two 'climate activists' (read: terrorists) decided to deface the Constitution display case at the National Archives by dumping red powder on it and themselves. The Archives were evacuated and the two eco-terrorists were later charged with destruction of government property. Now they are going to prison: CAUGHT RED-HANDED: Remember the pair of climate activists who defaced the U.S. Constitution back in February? The viral stunt, which caused nearly $60K in cleanup damages, will now land both of them in prison. A pair of climate activists who vandalized the National Archives Rotunda back in February when they dumped red powder on the encasement protecting the U.S. Constitution have learned their fate.

Donald Zepeda, 35, of Maryland, and Jackson Green, 27, of Utah, were sentenced to 24 months in prison and 18 months, respectively, in the Feb. 14, 2024, attack on the U.S. Constitution housed at the National Archives in Washington D.C., U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David Geist of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division announced on Monday. Zepeda pleaded guilty on Aug. 15 to felony destruction of property for dumping a fine red powder over a display case containing the U.S. Constitution in the Rotunda of the Archives building. The cost of cleaning up after the stunt, which was intended to draw attention to climate change, exceeded $58,000, officials said. (…)

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Fox News: Climate activists learn fate for red powder attack on US Constitution at National Archives
https://www.foxnews.com/us/climate-activists-learn-fate-red-powder-attack-us-constitution-national-archives