Former Olympian Arrested at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn, 67, was arrested on June 20, 2026, at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., after allegedly touching a piece of peeling liner on the newly refurbished pool
What Happened
Hearn, a three-time Summer Olympian, was on a 52-mile bike ride when he stopped to view the pool after its $14 million renovation, a project championed by President Donald Trump ahead of the U.S. 250th anniversary. Reports say he noticed a partially detached “American flag blue” coating on the pool’s bottom and reached in to examine it, briefly touching the still-attached edge Yahoo Moments later, U.S. Park Police detained him on a misdemeanor charge of destruction of government property
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I’ve seen people on Facebook claim that the whole sabatoge conspiracy is true because “there have been arrests”. 99% sure the arrests they’re referring to is this guy, who touched a piece of liner that was peeling off already.
Former Olympian Arrested at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn, 67, was arrested on June 20, 2026, at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., after allegedly touching a piece of peeling liner on the newly refurbished pool
What Happened
Hearn, a three-time Summer Olympian, was on a 52-mile bike ride when he stopped to view the pool after its $14 million renovation, a project championed by President Donald Trump ahead of the U.S. 250th anniversary. Reports say he noticed a partially detached “American flag blue” coating on the pool’s bottom and reached in to examine it, briefly touching the still-attached edge Yahoo Moments later, U.S. Park Police detained him on a misdemeanor charge of destruction of government property
edit =cut and pasted from search, and links removed.
I’ve seen people on Facebook claim that the whole sabatoge conspiracy is true because “there have been arrests”. 99% sure the arrests they’re referring to is this guy, who touched a piece of liner that was peeling off already.
And you just know they had guys standing by ready to nab anyone who got “too close”.
That’s the thing. On top of all the other costs, we’re shelling out overtime to keep extra cops guarding the water.
Yeah, was meaning more the bioengineered, paint eating algae, like some Kojima story.