Therese Patricia Okoumou just upped the ante for silent protests for social justice.
The U.S. Attorney said she "put people at grave risk.”
On July 4, Therese Patricia Okoumou scaled the Statue of Liberty in protest of Trump’s racist immigration policies. The 44-year-old immigrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was caught on camera creating one of the most iconic images of Black women protesting in the 21st century. See the gallery below for some of our other […]
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