Earlier this morning President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was defaced like never before. Donald Trump earned his place on the Walk of Fame from his work in 2007 on the television show, The Apprentice. Donald Trump's star on Hollywood Boulevard, however, has become notorious for being a target of vandalism for angry anti-Trump pedestrians and visitors of the attraction wanting to let out their rage on the President. The Star has been previously defaced many times whether it be with graffitied swasticas, stickers, walls, and the list goes on and on. It has been degraded so many times celebrities have even joked about it, for example, George Lopez pretended to urinate on Trump's star with a water bottle seen in a video published by TMZ. Street Performers have even said they have seen angry people stomping or spitting on his star.
According to various witnesses at 3am, the suspect retrieved a pickax disguised in a guitar case and started smashing the star. The pickax was left at the crime scene along the debris.
Leron Gubler, president, and CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce let out a statement saying, "When people are unhappy with one of our honorees, we would hope that they would project their anger in more positive ways than to vandalize a California State landmark. Our democracy is based on respect for the law. People can make a difference by voting and NOT by destroying public property." During this time the star will be covered until it is repaired.
Later today the police arrested suspect, Austin Clay, 24, who turned himself in, to cops. Officials say he did not reveal any type of motive and will be held on a $20,000 dollar bail. Previous people who had vandalized the star, like James Otis, who defaced the star with a sledgehammer and pickax got fined $4,400 for the damage and sentenced to three years probation and 20 days of community service.
Some different people's opinions/conversations from twitter on this topic:
https://twitter.com/SOMEXlCAN/status/1022167159361990660
https://twitter.com/Heathalot/status/1022102941526896640
https://twitter.com/CarmineSabia/status/1022125938522419200
How do you feel about this/Do you agree with some of the people above?
Does the punishment fit the crime?
What should be done about all the vandalism on President Trump's Hollywood star?
Articles on Donald Trumps Star
https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed-1202883884/
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/25/politics/trump-walk-of-fame-star-smash/index.html
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-hollywood-walk-fame-star-vandalized/story?id=56808440
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ne57d7/trumps-hollywood-star-destroyed-pickax-vgtrn
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