FBI tagged on the Fifth of November
Two alleged taggers will likely remember, remember the Fifth of November for many years to come.
Eric Roberts and Danny Hamilton were arrested Saturday for graffiti on and around the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building and the Trump International Hotel in Washington DC.
The tagging happened during DC's version of the Million Mask March, a lefty anarchist protest inspired by the movie "V for Vendetta."
The film is based on an Alan Moore comic book. Its hero V is an anarchist rebel in a future fascist UK. He tries to spark a revolution and sets the wheels in motion to blow up Parliament.
V does so dressed in a Guy Fawkes mask and reminds people to "remember, remember the Fifth of November." Both are in reference to the Gunpowder Plot, a failed attempt by Catholic rebels to bring down the Protestant government in the UK about 410 years ago.
Taking V's lead, modern anarchistish protesters have ignored the restorationist, arguably theocratic origins of the gunpowder plot and instead focused on the anonymous protest and threats of more, possibly even including spraypaint.
Graffiti on and around the FBI building and the Trump Hotel building, which is owned by the government but leased to GOP nominee Donald Trump, included Guy Fawkes masks as well as tags reading "corrupt" and "we suck."
A left side rear view of a Metro police cruiser was also damaged.
Two alleged taggers will likely remember, remember the Fifth of November for many years to come.
Eric Roberts and Danny Hamilton were arrested Saturday for graffiti on and around the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building and the Trump International Hotel in Washington DC.
The tagging happened during DC's version of the Million Mask March, a lefty anarchist protest inspired by the movie "V for Vendetta."
The film is based on an Alan Moore comic book. Its hero V is an anarchist rebel in a future fascist UK. He tries to spark a revolution and sets the wheels in motion to blow up Parliament.
V does so dressed in a Guy Fawkes mask and reminds people to "remember, remember the Fifth of November." Both are in reference to the Gunpowder Plot, a failed attempt by Catholic rebels to bring down the Protestant government in the UK about 410 years ago.
Taking V's lead, modern anarchistish protesters have ignored the restorationist, arguably theocratic origins of the gunpowder plot and instead focused on the anonymous protest and threats of more, possibly even including spraypaint.
Graffiti on and around the FBI building and the Trump Hotel building, which is owned by the government but leased to GOP nominee Donald Trump, included Guy Fawkes masks as well as tags reading "corrupt" and "we suck."
A left side rear view of a Metro police cruiser was also damaged.
