Precautions Taken in Amidst of Talks of Another Protest at The U.S. Capital
With news and expectations of more riots being planned to happen at the US Capitol, precautions have been taken and a fence has been put up in preparation to try and stop these rallies that are said to take place on September 8th.
In light of the news the FBi has been monitoring social media sites and message boards to try and stay ahead of the incident before it could even happen.
The rally is said to be in support of the storming of the Capital that happened on January 6th, which was demonstrated by far right groups, in protest of those who were arrested that day. Members of the Proud Boys group and the Oath Keepers are assumed to be in charge of the new protest to get justice for those who were arrested on the 6th.
The Jan. 6th protests had hundreds of supporters of the 45th president of the United States Donald J Trump, storm the Capitol building and wreak havoc, the protests lead to five deaths.
Around 600 people were arrested that day after the riots and are now facing federal charges because of their involvement in the demonstration and around 60 people have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors because of their role in it.
photo from the Harvard Gazette
While this is happening, Washing D.C. has already faced other threats in recent days such as a man threatening to have a bomb outside of the library of congress. Which has forced their law enforcement to be on high alert ahead of the alleged protest.
The fence that was just recently put up again was also last seen around the capital but taken down in July of this year. It was told to Fox news by one of the organizers of the rally, Matt Braynard that they are expecting around 700 people to show up on saturday september 8th.
Other members of the organization for the protest have stated that they have been in contact with members of the Capitol Police, as well as members of the Park and Metropolitan Police, as well as get their own security detail in order to have the event “run smoothly”.
The Capital police, along with Metropolitan police and the FBI will all be monitoring the protest to make sure there is no repeat of last time. And the Capital police have also even reached out to pentagon for help in order to keep things under control.
The fence is said to be planned to be taken down on Sunday september 9th, after the rallies.
It is also known that is not the only thing that is in the works as the protest groups have also planned smaller rallies in 17 other states on top of the protest planned on the 8th.
Original news story- https://nypost.com/2021/09/16/capitol-gets-fencing-around-it-ahead-of-anticipated-protest/
Additional links- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/law-enforcement-taking-no-chances-on-september-18-rally-at-u-s-capitol/ https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/09/15/september-18-far-right-j6-rally-us-capitol-washington-dc/