Canoeist David Hearn charged with vandalism.
“U.S. Olympic canoeist David ‘Davey’ Hearn charged in Reflecting Pool vandalism
Jul. 2, 2026, 2:34 PM EDT
U.S. Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn was indicted Thursday on a single count of destruction of property following his arrest last month at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Hearn was indicted in D.C. Superior Court on the felony charge.
Hearn previously told NBC News that he was arrested and detained for five hours on June 19 after he touched a piece of the detached coating in the pool. He said he had stopped at the landmark during a bike ride “to satisfy my curiosity as a citizen of what was happening with all the algae and the peeling blue coating.”
Hearn said he did not remove, tear, or destroy any of the coating.
“The condition of the Reflecting Pool was the same after I stepped away from the water as it was before I got there,” he said.
Several people have been arrested and cited after President Donald Trump blamed, without evidence, vandals for destroying the pool. This spring, the pool underwent a $14-million-
Replies to: “Canoeist David Hearn charged with vandalism.”
It was vandalized, the question is by whom.
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Do you feel so right, you'll leave the Open if the Admin ends up wrong?
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Feel so right about what? I haven't made a judgement on the incident, one way or another.
My only judgement is about you slugs and with that I am correct.
No, it wasn’t vandalized.
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How do you know? Were you there?
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Trump has you pegged.
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well, were you there or not?
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Haven’t you heard? They also put algae in it.
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Biden and the deep state are behind it all.
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All bullshit. If there were any evidence, it would be leaked all over.
But, like election interference, this shit is accepted on faith.
If there was any evidence that the 2000 election was stolen, you’d think we’d have seen it by now…doesn’t seem to matter.
This country gets stupider every day.
The Appeal to Ignorance Fallacy.
Btw, while I know it was accidental, the "leaked" reference wrt to the reflecting pool could have been funny.
This is a joke to cover up trump’s lies, deceit and criminal enterprises. Only suckers would believe
the bullshit.
Dems destroyed statues, looted, & committed arson. What's a little algae between friends?
I'm betting that there will be plenty of security and photo IDs required in NYC for the flaming libs wedding this weekend.
Excellent post - those who destroy should be held to account. However you pointed out how stupid
trump thinks you are and by all your post, he’s very accurate. Dumb hardly scratches the surface of MAGAstupidity. It’s good you people are out of the closet with trump, bigotry and hate.
PS: no one vandalized the reflecting pool. Trump just stole your tax dollars to grift to a pal.
This subject really has set your panties on fire.
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