A woman who climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty last July 4 to protest the separation of families at the Mexican border was spared from prison for her conviction on multiple misdemeanor counts.
to protest the separation of families at the Mexican border came to her sentencing Tuesday with her face entirely covered with clear sticky tape, irritating a judge who refused to proceed until she removed it.
"I think there's hope" otherwise, the judge responded, saying he would be willing to shorten the probation term at a later point if Okoumou did not commit more crimes.Given a chance to speak in court, Okoumou called the case against her"a fraud against injustice," an explanation for her continuing protest and the tape she had earlier painfully pulled off her face.
"We have people in cages? What was I supposed to do?" she said."I made my point. ... Find your own conscience. Don't look up to me."
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