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Statue of Liberty Climber Patricia Okoumou Sentenced to 5 Years Probation

Patricia Okoumou scaled the Statue of Liberty last July 4 to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

Statue of Liberty climber Patricia Okoumou, 45, was sentenced to 5 years probation and 200 hours of community service on Tuesday for scaling the New York monument last year. Okoumou, who put tape on her face before entering the Lower Manhattan courthouse, scaled the Statue of Liberty last July 4 to protest Trump’s immigration policies and the migrant crisis at the southern border. “I do not need probation, and I do not belong in prison,” Okoumou told Judge Gabriel Gorenstein on Tuesday, who ordered her to remove the tape before the sentencing hearing. “I am not a criminal.” Gorenstein issued the sentence on the trespassing charge despite a request from federal prosecutors for 30 days in prison and 3 years probation.

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