{"id":2346920,"date":"2024-09-27T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-activists-slapped-with-prison-time-for-throwing-soup-on-van-gogh-painting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T18:48:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T22:48:19","slug":"climate-activists-slapped-with-prison-time-for-throwing-soup-on-van-gogh-painting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-activists-slapped-with-prison-time-for-throwing-soup-on-van-gogh-painting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate activists slapped with prison time for throwing soup on Van Gogh painting &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclimate-activists-slapped-with-prison-time-for-throwing-soup-on-van-gogh-painting-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2346920&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two climate activists, \u2064Phoebe Plummer (23) and Anna Holland (22),\u200d were \u200csentenced by a\u200c London court to 2 years and 20 months\u2064 in prison, respectively, \u2062for\u2063 throwing soup at Vincent van Gogh&#8217;s famous painting *Sunflowers*.\u2063 The \u2063incident occurred on October \u200c14, 2022, at \u200cthe \u2064National Gallery in London. While\u200c the \u200cpainting\u200d remained largely unscathed, its frame was \u200bdamaged. The activists are associated with\u2062 Just\u2064 Stop Oil, a\u200d UK-based group \u200badvocating for the cessation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-infrastructure-backers-stand-to-profit-from-govt-spending-boost\/\" title=\"\u2018Green Infrastructure\u2019 Backers Stand to Profit From Gov\u2019t Spending Boost\">fossil fuel production<\/a> by 2030.\u2063 Judge Christopher Hehir reprimanded \u2062the activists during\u200b sentencing, highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-arrogant-racism-of-rejecting-a-white-translator-in-favor-of-someone-who-is-preferably-black\/\" title=\"The Arrogant Racism Of Rejecting A White Translator In Favor Of Someone Who Is \u2018Preferably Black\u2019\">cultural significance<\/a> of the \u200bartwork and the inappropriateness of their protest \u200bmethod. The activists&#8217; actions aimed to draw attention to\u2064 their \u200bdemand for a legally \u200cbinding\u200d treaty to halt fossil fuel extraction and support developing\u200b countries in \u200dtransitioning to sustainable \u200bpractices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Climate activists slapped with prison time for throwing soup on Van Gogh painting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1771254\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>climate<\/a> activists who threw soup at a Vincent van Gogh painting were handed sentences of 2 years and 20 months, respectively, by a London <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>court<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The painting, called <em>Sunflowers<\/em>, was first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>painted <\/a>in 1888 by Van Gogh. The version targeted by the activists was largely unharmed except for damage to its frame.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; This photo provided by Just Stop Oil shows two protesters who have thrown tinned soup at Vincent van Gogh&rsquo;s famous 1888 work Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London, Oct. 14, 2022. (Just Stop Oil via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The activists, Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-finally-condemns-anarchist-violence\/\" title=\"Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Finally Condemns \u2018Anarchist\u2019 Violence\">protest group<\/a> Just Stop Oil, a U.K.-based climate group that aims to stop all fossil fuel production by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our governments must work together to establish a legally binding treaty to stop extracting and burning oil, gas and coal by 2030 as well as supporting and financing poorer countries to make a fast, fair, and just transition,&rdquo; the group&rsquo;s website says.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Christopher Hehir scolded them, saying the &ldquo;cultural treasure&rdquo; could have been &ldquo;seriously damaged or even destroyed&rdquo; by their actions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Soup might have seeped through the glass. You couldn&rsquo;t have cared less if the painting was damaged or not,&rdquo; he said in court. &ldquo;You had no right to do what you did to Sunflowers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Plummer received an additional three-month sentence for participating in a 2023 &ldquo;slow march&rdquo; that caused traffic delays in London.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&nbsp;clearly think your beliefs give you the right to commit crimes when you feel<br \/>like it. You do not,&rdquo; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>Hehir and the United Kingdom have been criticized for passing on seemingly harsh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">prison sentences<\/a> to climate activists in the recent past, helped by new laws that empower police to crack down on protests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plummer, who is being handed the harsher of the two&rsquo;s prison sentences, preached defiantly in the face of jail time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My choice today is to accept whatever sentence I receive with a smile,&rdquo; Plummer said. &ldquo;It is not just myself being sentenced today or my co-defendants but the foundations of democracy itself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1771254\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1771254\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate activists sentenced for throwing soup on Van Gogh&#8217;s painting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2346921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/soup-van-gogh.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[41879,40115,41878],"class_list":["post-2346920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-art-vandalism","tag-climate-activism","tag-environmental-protest"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/soup-van-gogh.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}