Armed protest in Columbus on Sunday was peaceful
Courtesy of Jake Zuckerman.
and last updated 2021-01-18 09:38:44-05
COLUMBUS, Ohio â The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.
A cohort of armed men stood at the Statehouse steps calling for unity.
A conspiracy theorist with a megaphone yelled about dangerous vaccines, 9/11 and the 2020 election.
A Black Lives Matter activist simply waved a flag in celebration of the looming inauguration of a new president.
The entire Sunday crowd of roughly 100 stood, braving a sometimes-heavy snowfall, outside a Statehouse fortified with Humvees, National Guardsmen, and police barriers.