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TexasTowelie

(116,803 posts)
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 09:41 PM Feb 2022

'Murder' Painted Outside Russian Embassy After Ukraine Invasion

WASHINGTON, DC — A sidewalk outside Russia's Embassy in Washington, D.C., was vandalized Thursday morning as dozens of people protested the country's invasion of Ukraine.

Photos posted on Twitter by NBC4 reporter Justin Finch showed the word "Murder" in large red letters painted on the sidewalk outside the Embassy. D.C. police officers and Secret Service police were standing guard outside the embassy as people stood in the rain protecting the invasion, Finch said.

The Secret Service said its officers responded to a report of a person defacing the public sidewalk next to the embassy at 2650 Wisconsin Avenue NW Thursday morning. The officers found and arrested the person, who was charged with defacing property, a Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement.

The person was taken to the Metropolitan Police Department's 2nd District station for processing. The Secret Service said that, as a matter of practice, it does not release the names of people it arrests.

Read more: https://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/murder-painted-outside-russian-embassy-after-ukraine-invasion

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'Murder' Painted Outside Russian Embassy After Ukraine Invasion (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2022 OP
They called it what it is. nt sheshe2 Feb 2022 #1
Why are we paying for Secret Service protection of the Russian embassy? C_U_L8R Feb 2022 #2
Well, it is our duty under international law to protect embassies and consulates. TexasTowelie Feb 2022 #3
I guess we have to be the good guys :-) C_U_L8R Feb 2022 #4

C_U_L8R

(45,693 posts)
2. Why are we paying for Secret Service protection of the Russian embassy?
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 09:53 PM
Feb 2022

Russians can fend for themselves.

TexasTowelie

(116,803 posts)
3. Well, it is our duty under international law to protect embassies and consulates.
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 10:01 PM
Feb 2022

The U.S. would be responsible to pay for any damages to their property.

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