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A man seen on video being handcuffed by officers and escorted from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was accused of disorderly conduct amid President Donald Trump\u2019s claims that vandals damaged the historic Washington landmark.
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Christian Miles\u2019 detention Monday was captured on video by TMZ DC and shared on X. In the video, two officers escort Miles away from the pool.
\u201cI was yelling at the Oklahoma state troopers,\u201d Miles says. \u201cI was yelling at them.\u201d
When the reporter asks him why he was yelling at the troopers, he responds: \u201cBecause they\u2019re here. Oklahoma state troopers.\u201d
Miles declined an interview Wednesday but showed NBC News a copy of the U.S. District Court violation notice he said he received. The notice says Miles has been \u201ccharged with the following violation\u201d and lists disorderly conduct and using obscene language. The notice also says he will have to appear in court.
Miles told The Guardian<\/a> that he is a Washington, D.C., resident trying to \u201cdocument the creeping police state\u201d in the city and that he plans to fight the charges. It\u2019s not clear whether he has an attorney.
U.S. Park Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
President Donald Trump has made unsupported claims that vandals damaged the pool. Six people have been arrested in connection with the allegation<\/a>, and seven people have been cited, Trump said on Truth Social. He has not provided any evidence of vandalism.
Trump told reporters Tuesday that the Interior Department will share photos of the purported vandalism.
The Interior Department and the National Park Service have not responded to repeated requests for comment.
U.S. Olympic canoeist David \u201cDavey\u201d Hearn has told NBC News that he was arrested and detained for five hours Friday after he touched a piece of the detached coating. He said he did not \u201cremove, tear, rip, break, or destroy any of it.\u201d
He said that the National Guard arrested him but that he was not told what federal law he had violated. It is not clear what he has been charged with.
His attorney, Norm Eisen, accused the Trump administration of trying to divert attention \u201cfrom the real questions of how this project was managed, including its corrupt no-bid contracting process.\u201d
\u201cUsing the criminal justice system to target innocent people as a form of distraction is textbook authoritarian behavior,\u201d he said in a statement.
The pool underwent renovations this spring ahead of the country\u2019s 250th birthday after Trump said previous presidents had neglected it, leaving it dilapidated and dirty. As part of a $14 million-plus rehabilitation project<\/a>, a new liner and coating were added in a color Trump has named \u201cAmerican flag blue.\u201d
But recent photos of the pool show that the blue sealant has started to peel away, leaving chunks floating at the surface, while algae growth has turned the water green.
David, 64, of Atlanta, who asked to be identified only by his first name, said Wednesday that he was visiting the pool because he was curious whether \u201cthe color looks different.\u201d
\u201cI\u2019m seeing some discoloration, so apparently if the purpose was to paint it all one color, either they did not succeed in that or maybe they\u2019re in the process of doing it,\u201d he said. \u201cBut there\u2019s water in there now, so I don\u2019t understand why it\u2019s not the same color.\u201d
Candy, 71, of Florida, who asked to be identified only by her first name, was visiting the pool while she was in Washington for a convention for the historical organization the Daughters of the American Revolution.
\u201cWell, I was curious from everything I\u2019ve, you know, heard on the news, and I just wanted to come see,\u201d Candy said. \u201cFirsthand thought, it looks a lot better than I was expecting.\u201d
Candy said that when Trump announced his plan to darken the reflecting pool\u2019s surface, she \u201cdidn\u2019t have any thoughts at all on it\u201d until \u201cafter it turned out not to be a good idea.\u201d
Kate Carr, 29, of Pennsylvania, said the remodeling was not needed in the first place.
\u201cI think it was an egotistical move on [Trump\u2019s] part because he wanted everything to be America-fied, and it leans into the hyperpatriotism that his base rallies behind,\u201d she said as she was visiting the site.
Melissa Galvin, 29, who lives in the nation\u2019s capital, said that Trump is \u201cable to bully Congress in a way that none of the other, like, leaders have\u201d and that that is how he was able to try to alter the pool\u2019s appearance.
Evelyn Pomatto, 15, was visiting the area for a speech and debate tournament through her high school.
\u201cThe way it looks right now, I think, is a reflection of kind of the current administration we\u2019re under, because this is definitely not like the worst thing Donald Trump has done, but our country is in a lot of turmoil now that we\u2019re under his leadership,\u201d she said.
Omarlyn Martinez, 29, who is visiting from the Dominican Republic, said that she could see the blue sealant coming off in some areas but that the pool looked \u201cfine\u201d to her.
\u201cWell, if it\u2019s going to make it look better, I believe that that\u2019s a really good thing to do, because it can improve the experience of the tourists and the people that come and see it,\u201d Martinez said of Trump\u2019s attempt to beautify the reflecting pool, adding that she does not think he has succeeded.
On Saturday, Trump alleged that the damage was caused by vandals cutting a 250-foot-long gash into the pool. He said Tuesday on Truth Social<\/a> that the damage was made \u201cby a very sharp knife or razors\u201d and \u201cis actually numerous slashes over a very long 350-foot length.\u201d
He said it was \u201cpurposefully and criminally done\u201d and alleged that \u201csomebody had to work very hard, probably in the dark of night, to create such a condition.\u201d
\u201cLikewise, the small area at the bottom of the Pool was cut and powerfully lifted off the surface, leaving very jagged, uneven edges,\u201d he wrote.
He told reporters Monday that the pool had been cut \u201cvery violently\u201d<\/a> and claimed that \u201cchemicals\u201d were illegally placed in the water. He threatened a 10-year prison sentence for the alleged destruction.
Trump said that to fix the pool, some of the water would have to be drained either immediately before or after the Fourth of July. Large areas of the grass around the pool will also be replaced, he said.
Fencing was being set up around the pool Tuesday afternoon, which the Interior Department said was always planned as part of July Fourth preparations.
Minyvonne Burke is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News.
Desk assistant at NBC News Washington.
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