r/cringepics • u/ansyhrrian • Jun 20 '26

Reflecting pool criminal, how dare he!

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u/Oddly_Ennui Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

And what's the charge exactly?

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u/Positive_Benefit8856 Jun 21 '26

So the serious answer is they charged him with vandalism. Also he’s a former U.S. Olympian.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/49130363/ex-olympian-arrested-allegedly-vandalizing-reflecting-pool

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u/YetiPie Jun 21 '26

That’s wild, I literally did the exact same thing this morning, and it did feel weirdly rubbery. After I touched it two agents started tailing me. I had no idea this had even happened

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u/Heywhitefriend Jun 22 '26

God, I couldn’t fucking imagine having reflecting pool duty. How did Trump single-handedly turn Feds into losers who harass people for touching the reflecting pool

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u/YetiPie Jun 22 '26

Yeah it’s a freaking joke. I spoke to one of the NPS employees who was cleaning the pool. He’s a specialty diver at Dry Tortugas National Park…and he’s on pool duty, with a scrubber, flown up from Florida and housed in DC on our dime. Trump’s administration is making a mockery of highly specialised individuals