The death of the sailor in that famous V-J Day photo — where he kissed an unsuspecting nurse — is being marked by the #MeToo movement with an act of vandalism on a statue.
The statue recreating George Mendosa and Greta Zimmer Friedman‘s iconic moment from 1945 was tagged ...
Sailor-Kissing Nurse Statue Vandalized with #MeToo Spray Paint After Sailor"s Death
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Showing posts with label Statue. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Sailor-Kissing Nurse Statue Vandalized with #MeToo Spray Paint After Sailor"s Death
Thursday, January 10, 2019
USC Fans Face 3 Years In Jail For Allegedly Vandalizing UCLA Statue
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Two USC fans have been charged for allegedly vandalizing UCLA‘s on-campus statue and now face up to 3 YEARS in JAIL.
Louis Torres (19) and Willie Johnson (18) allegedly hit up UCLA’s campus on Nov. 13 — just days before the Trojans’ rivalry game with the...
USC Fans Face 3 Years In Jail For Allegedly Vandalizing UCLA Statue
Monday, October 15, 2018
Teresa Giudice Reacts to Joe"s Deportation with Crying Statue of Liberty
Teresa Giudice seems to have broken her silence in the wake of her husband being ordered to be deported after prison … and it looks like she (and Lady Liberty) are heartbroken. The ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ star shared a photo on…
Saturday, August 25, 2018
LeBron James Needs Three NBA Titles To Get L.A. Statue, Ex-Laker Says
Not one … not two … but THREE championships is what it’ll take for LeBron James to get a statue among the legends outside Staples Center, so says ex-L.A. star Devean George. We got the former Laker out at LAX when we asked an interesting…
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
49ers Honoring Joe Montana and Dwight Clark with "The Catch" Statue
The 49ers are paying tribute to the guys behind the most famous play in the team’s history — erecting a 2-piece “The Catch” statue at Levi’s Stadium featuring Joe Montana and Dwight Clark. Clark died in June at the age of 61 after his battle…
Friday, August 3, 2018
Melania Trump Mocked by Woman Arrested for Statue of Liberty Protest
The woman who was arrested for scaling the Statue of Liberty on Independence Day to protest President Trump’s immigration policy is at it again, and this time her target’s Melania. Patricia Okoumou showed up for her court hearing Friday in Manhattan…
Melania Trump Mocked by Woman Arrested for Statue of Liberty Protest
The woman who was arrested for scaling the Statue of Liberty on Independence Day to protest President Trump’s immigration policy is at it again, and this time her target’s Melania. Patricia Okoumou showed up for her court hearing Friday in Manhattan…
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Woman Scales Statue of Liberty in Protest of Donald Trump
The Statue of Liberty in New York City was shut down for most of July Fourth this week after a woman actually managed to hoist herself all the way up to the robes of this iconic pretend woman.
(To be accurate, seven protesters holding a banner that read "Abolish I.C.E." actually stood at the base of this national monument prior to tha above incident, prompting officials to close the statue to tourists.
But it was the woman and her climb that got all the national attention.)
Not until the woman was apprehended by authorities did we learn her name and a little more about her background.
Her name is Therese Okoumou and she is a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
According to various news outlets, Okoumou told police that she scaled all the way up this monumentto protest the separation of immigrant children from parents who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
This has been a prominent issue of national debate for weeks now, with stars such as Amber Heard making their opinions on the topic well known.
The activist group behind the Abolish I.C.E. sign, Rise and Resist, Tweeted that the climber wasn’t connected to its demonstration and expressed concern for her safety, although we believe she did not suffer any injuries.
Okoumou, 44, has lived in The Big Apple for the past 10 years.
Police with safety ropes had to go up, grab her and bring her down as she sat under the sandal of the statue for several minutes late yesterday afternoon.
She was eventually tethered between two officers and climbed down to the promontory via a ladder to safety.
“No one in the group knew this was going to happen,” Rise and Resist member Jay Walker told the New York Daily News, adding:
“We don’t know if she did it on the spur of the moment or if she had been planning it beforehand."
Once she reached her destination, Okoumou held up a T-shirt that supported her case, as you can see in the photo above.
"At first, she wasn"t friendly with us, but we took the time to get a rapport with her so that took a while," Officer Brian Glacken said in a news conference Wednesday evening, elaborating as follows:
"She just kind of mentioned the kids in Texas. I guess the whole debate that"s going on about that. In the beginning, she threatened to push us off, push the ladder off, but we stayed with her…
"She actually apologized to us for having to go up and get her."
Watch the video at the top of this post to learn more and to see this protest/rescue in action.
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Statue of Liberty Scaled By Woman on 4th of July
A woman scaled the Statue of Liberty on the 4th of July in a move that can either be called the most patriotic thing ever or just plain stupid. It forced park officials to evacuate the island of tourists Wednesday. It’s unclear what the…
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Usain Bolt Parties with Famous "Bolt" Statue, Made from Real Bolts!
Usain Bolt decided to go BIG for his restaurant opening in Jamaica this week … bringing in a big ass statue of himself — made mostly of real bolts. Turns out, the Olympic legend is a budding restaurant mogul — he just opened his 3rd…
Usain Bolt Parties with Famous "Bolt" Statue, Made from Real Bolts!
Usain Bolt decided to go BIG for his restaurant opening in Jamaica this week … bringing in a big ass statue of himself — made mostly of real bolts. Turns out, the Olympic legend is a budding restaurant mogul — he just opened his 3rd…
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Joel McHale Says Richard Sherman Deserves a Statue in Seattle
Joel McHale says Richard Sherman will always be loved in Seattle despite signing with their hated rivals … telling TMZ Sports the dude deserves a STATUE for bringing a Super Bowl to the Seahawks!! We spoke with the ‘Hawks superfan about R.S.…
Joel McHale Says Richard Sherman Deserves a Statue in Seattle
Joel McHale says Richard Sherman will always be loved in Seattle despite signing with their hated rivals … telling TMZ Sports the dude deserves a STATUE for bringing a Super Bowl to the Seahawks!! We spoke with the ‘Hawks superfan about R.S.…
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Zak Bagans Explains Why He Paid $28k for Naked Donald Trump Statue
If you’re thinking no one would pay $ 28k to see Donald Trump naked, think again because Zak Bagans did — but wants to make it clear he’s just in it for the history of it … and maybe some dough. The “Ghost Adventures” star and Haunted…
Zak Bagans Explains Why He Paid $28k for Naked Donald Trump Statue
If you’re thinking no one would pay $ 28k to see Donald Trump naked, think again because Zak Bagans did — but wants to make it clear he’s just in it for the history of it … and maybe some dough. The “Ghost Adventures” star and Haunted…
Friday, April 6, 2018
Sylvester Stallone Visits Iconic "Rocky" Statue in Philly, Flexin" for the Fans!
The world-famous “Rocky III” statue just got a major upgrade courtesy of the city of Philadelphia … and the real-life Rocky wasn’t about to miss the ceremony!! Sylvester Stallone, who’s in town filming “Creed 2”, says he stopped by the…
Friday, March 16, 2018
Ivan Drago Training Son at Rocky Statue In "Creed 2"
Ivan Drago — the Russian murderer who beat Apollo Creed to death — is now training his son to a be a human killing machine, too … and he’s getting the boy in shape on Rocky’s home turf. Dolph Lundgren was spotted out at the famous Rocky…
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Sylvester Stallone Drops 6 Figures On Iconic "Rocky" Statue!
Yo, Adrian … Sylvester Stallone just bought the backup “Rocky” statue from “Rocky III” — and all it cost him was $ 400,000!!! It’s a great story — the statue was one of two Rocky statues made by the original artist, A. Thomas Schomberg. The…
Monday, October 30, 2017
Sly Stallone"s Wife Says She Wants to Buy the "Rocky III" Statue
The backup Rocky Balboa statue for “Rocky III” might just end up in the hands of Sly Stallone himself … ‘cause his wife, Jennifer Flavin, says she wants to buy it!! That was until we told her how much it’d cost her — up to $ 1 MIL — at…
Saturday, October 21, 2017
"Rocky III" Backup Statue Hits Auction Block, Could Fetch $1 Mil
Wanna buy the ORIGINAL Rocky Balboa sculpture from “Rocky III?” Too bad, it’s not for sale. But the BACKUP statue is about to hit the auction block. The artist behind the piece, A. Thomas Schomberg, made two versions of the iconic sculpture…
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