2 Charged After Pouring Red Powder Over Case Holding U.S. Constitution | Two activists poured the powder over the protective case to call attention to climate change
Two activists poured the powder over the protective case at the National Archives Museum last month to call attention to climate change, prosecutors said.
The Constitution was not damaged, according to the National Archives Museum, which said that the powder was found to be a combination of pigment and cornstarch.
Likely because they had to consider the possibility of dangerous chemicals and pathogens.
ETA: Given the nature of the location, they may have even hired an archivist and document restoration specialist as well. And being since it was a government job, that may have been added onto the single bill.
Hazard pay for all involved too. Emotional distress and all. You never know what these tree hugging terrorists will do. I keep Tom Clancy Rainbow Six on my nightstand.
Nobody will change. I appreciate the spirit of these protesters, but people have been warning about this stuff since the 80s. Humans have the built in ability to think they will survive and prosper, while everyone else falls away. We saw this on full display when wearing a mask to protect, even superficial or not, your fellow human being became a contentious issue.
It's just all so disheartening. I could just doom dump a bunch right now.
Great, so the US is going to marginally cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, this is a global problem, and globally, we achieved record emissions this year.
I don't get why so many comments online go "why does nobody protest?" then every time we see one all I see is "well that was pointless." What are any of us doing? What "effective" protest has anyone in this thread done lately?
At least we're talking about it here, so they did something clearly. Throwing that powder is more than anyone here can claim to be doing.