NEW YORK - A woman climbs the Statue of Liberty in New York, United States, as a protest against Trump's immigration policy that separates migrant families. Demonstrations that he did right on the US Independence Day, Wednesday (4/7/2018). The woman identified as Therese Patricia Okoumou climbs up the Statue of Liberty to the bottom of the statue's foot. For two hours, she was there sitting between the folds of the statue or under Lady Liberty.
Finally, with the rope and climbing equipment, the officer can achieve it. They put a strap on Okoumou's body to bring it down. "she climbed without our knowledge.
It's not part of our action, "said Martin Jose Quinn, the protest organizers of the Rise and Resist group, as quoted by CNN. Jerry Willis spokesman said Okoumou was detained on Wednesday (4/7/2018) night and will be moved to the witness and casualty agencies or US Marshall offices in Manhattan. Okoumou will be charged with infringing entry into unlicensed property, disorderly conduct, and disrupting government functions.
Eyewitnesses around the Statue of Liberty upload photos and record the events to social media accounts. Some tourists from Liberty Island returned to Battery because the evacuation process made their visit to one of New York's icons to be disturbed. "We just arrived on the island, we may walk five minutes and suddenly, they asked us out," said a woman from Columbus, Ohio.
A man from Miami who travels to the Statue of Liberty with his family is also upset with the incident. "Not every day you can go to the Statue of Liberty on July 4," he told NBC New York. "At first, I thought it was a terrorist attack, and then we knew it was a demonstrator," he said. Authorities are still investigating the methods and equipment that Okoumou might use to reach the feet of Lady Liberty.
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