Statue of Liberty Climber: "I went as high as I could"

The woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty Wednesday to protest the US immigration policy was accused of "intruding, interfering with the functions of government agencies and of disordered driving ", according to the WABC. Therese Patricia Okoumou, 44, pleaded not guilty Thursday and spoke in front of a crowd gathered in front of a courthouse in New York. "Michelle Obama … said when they go low, we go high, and I went as high as I could," she said, calling President Donald Trump "monster." "Trump tore up this country It's depressing – it's outrageous … His draconian zero tolerance policy on immigration must go away. "Okoumou comes from Staten Island, but she immigrated to the United States from the Republic Democratic Congo in 1994. Its July 4 waterfall occurred shortly after the members of a group Rise and Resist deployed an "Abolish ICE" banner at the base of the Statue of Liberty. She was seen shaking the group's shirt before being forcibly removed to the massive statue.