Three-time US Olympian David Hearn told CNN that police arrested him Friday after he said he touched a flap of blue material partially detached from the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Hearn, who says he has a background in material science, told CNN he checked it out following a bike ride after reading reports of algae in the water and paint or sealant peeling off the bottom.
Hearn’s attorney Norm Eisen speaks with CNN’s Anderson Cooper about what he calls “a meritless prosecution.” Also, The Atlantic staff writer Matt Viser has details about the type of algae plaguing the Reflecting Pool, and political analysts Scott Jennings and Karen Finney discuss the controversy.
0:00 Attorney for David Hearn explains what his client was doing at the Reflecting Pool
1:30 Eisen balks at question about the possibility of his client cutting the pool surface with a knife
3:15 What happened during the arrest?
4:53 What type of algae overtook the Reflecting Pool?
8:37 GOP and Democratic commentators on Trump’s reaction to Reflecting Pool algae
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