--- title: Shia LaBeouf Arrested at His Anti-Donald Trump Art Protest description: Officers arrested Shia LaBeouf early Thursday morning after he allegedly tousled with a man outside of his anti-Trump art installation canonical: https://time.com/4649974/shia-labeouf-arrested-anti-trump-art-protest/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-26T13:04:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:28.451Z og:title: Shia LaBeouf Was Arrested at His Anti-Trump Art Installation og:description: The actor was charged with misdemeanor assault in Queens, New York og:url: https://time.com/4649974/shia-labeouf-arrested-anti-trump-art-protest/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8c91a8d1aecf7b7/6988b75597cdff4e786af41d/shia-labeouf-arrested-anti-trump-art-installation-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: shia labeouf arrested anti trump art installation protest og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Shia LaBeouf Was Arrested at His Anti-Trump Art Installation twitter:description: The actor was charged with misdemeanor assault in Queens, New York twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8c91a8d1aecf7b7/6988b75597cdff4e786af41d/shia-labeouf-arrested-anti-trump-art-installation-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Shia LaBeouf Was Arrested at His Anti-Donald Trump Art Installation  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Jan 26, 2017 1:04 PM UTC  Actor Shia LaBeouf, left, during his "He Will Not Divide Us" livestream outside the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, in the Queens borough of New York January 24, 2017 as a protest against President Donald Trump. Actor Shia LaBeouf, left, during his "He Will Not Divide Us" livestream outside the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, in the Queens borough of New York January 24, 2017 as a protest against President Donald Trump.TIMOTHY A. CLARY—AFP/Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Jan 26, 2017 1:04 PM UTC Police [arrested Shia LaBeouf early Thursday morning](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/26/shia-labeouf-charged-with-assault-for-scratching-mans-face-at-live-stream-event/) after he allegedly tussled with a man outside of his anti-Donald Trump art installation in Queens. [LaBeouf](http://time.com/4606735/shia-labeouf-and-in-the-end/) took part in organizing the installation, which broadcasts a live 24-hour video stream from outside the [Museum of the Moving Image](http://www.movingimage.us/) and encourages participants to say “he will not divide us” to a camera on the wall. Police said LaBeouf grabbed a man around 12:30 a.m. and caused bruising and scratches on the man’s face, the Washington _Post_ reports. NYPD spokesperson Sgt. Thomas Antonetti [told ](http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/entertainment/shia-labeouf-arrested-trump-rally/)[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/entertainment/shia-labeouf-arrested-trump-rally/)LaBeouf had grabbed the man’s scarf after a verbal exchange, and came into contact with the man’s face in doing so. He was charged with misdemeanor assault and released by 3:45 a.m., police said. The installation is set to broadcast live for the four years of President Donald Trump’s term in office. \[[_Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/26/shia-labeouf-charged-with-assault-for-scratching-mans-face-at-live-stream-event/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4649974/shia-labeouf-arrested-anti-trump-art-protest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4649974/shia-labeouf-arrested-anti-trump-art-protest/"},"headline":"Shia LaBeouf Was Arrested at His Anti-Donald Trump Art Installation","datePublished":"2017-01-26T13:04:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:28.451Z","description":"The actor was charged with misdemeanor assault in Queens, New York","url":"https://time.com/4649974/shia-labeouf-arrested-anti-trump-art-protest/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","celebrities","Art","celebrity","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8c91a8d1aecf7b7/6988b75597cdff4e786af41d/shia-labeouf-arrested-anti-trump-art-installation-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8c91a8d1aecf7b7/6988b75597cdff4e786af41d/shia-labeouf-arrested-anti-trump-art-installation-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"shia labeouf arrested anti trump art installation protest","caption":"shia labeouf arrested anti trump art installation protest","creditText":"TIMOTHY A. 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