Odd Statues Show Up In DC. CNN Was Clueless; NPR Did Real Investigating.

 

According to CNN, no one knows where they came from or who's behind it. Maybe they should talk to their journalistic counterparts over at NPR, because they did some actual research:

The National Park Service originally granted a permit to a group called Civic Crafted LLC to display the statue until Wednesday evening, but later extended it an extra week through the evening of Nov. 6 — the day after Election Day. NPR has reached out to the woman named in the permit.

According to the permit shared with NPR, the statue is called The Resolute Desk and is meant to represent the heart of democracy.

"Here, the power of the people finds its expression through the diligent efforts of those who serve the public good," it says. "When rioters broke in to destroy these ideals, this desk stands firm, so too must the principles of equality, justice and freedom that it represents."

For the record: Washington, DC has "nearly 28,00 private security cameras," including the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and the Metro/WMATA, and plans to double the CCTV cameras they already have. So even if NPR didn't check with the National Park Service, there would be a way to figure out where the statues came from.