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A Kentucky woman has been taken into custody and charged with two felony counts in connection with the vandalism at the World War Two Memorial in Washington.

US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Aug 14 that Melissa Farris faces charges each carrying penalties of up to 10 years in prison, and she described the incident as a despicable attack which was livestreamed by Farris.

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00:01I'm here. I done did it. Thought I was joking. Ain't no bitch in Detroit. I did try and throw
00:09my spray paint. Oh yeah. I forgot I had this one. Oh pardon me. That one. Couldn't leave out paint.
00:32Unfortunately, because I can't get any help, every door has been shut in my face. I've
00:38had no respect for my, any, anyone. They're all in boots. Why would they justify one and
00:47not the other? Why would property destruction versus human destruction and an entire body
00:55of people at the bottom of the pyramid of destruction?
01:02Well, I think vandalism is just wrong, just plain and simple. And the fact that
01:07people come to see these memorials, this is a war memorial. And no matter how you
01:13feel about it, it is a place where everybody can find some level of solace.
01:18And so it's hard for me to think that somebody would vandalize it. I do
01:21understand that the previous incidences with the reflected pool turned out to
01:27not be the case, but clearly there's evidence of something happening here, which
01:32I feel is awful. I just found out that there was something going on over here.
01:38And I'm a patriot for many years. My family has a long history of being military
01:46members. And I have my grandchildren here to come see the World War II Memorial. They're
01:54here from Vermont for one day. And I find out that the memorial is closed because of
02:01vandalism. And this is very disappointing.
02:16it is a good point.
02:17And now the memorial is closed because of...
02:18the memorial will be left to a table.
02:20By all the memorial, it is the memorial is the memorial that's called the memorial in the
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