'Respect us or expect us': Andrew Jackson statue vandalized in front of White House

APTOPIX Indigenous Activists White House — The words “Expect Us” are spray painted on the base of the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park as Indigenous and environmental activists protest in front of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021.

A statue of former President Andrew Jackson outside of the White House was vandalized Monday during a protest over a pipeline.

“Expect us” was written on the statue’s base and part of a chant protesters shouted against a pipeline in Minnesota. The full chant, “respect us or expect us,” protests Line 3, which runs through lands owned by Indigenous tribes. According to the protesters’ website, the concern is that the pipeline could spill and ruin some of the land Indigenous people use to farm.