As DC residents braced for more violence, some looked for a reprieve Rachel Cohen Alan Chin for Insider
Just days before President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration, there was a massive security presence in the nation s capital.
Despite warnings of violent protests in Washington DC and other US cities, there was an eerie calm in the capital on Sunday and people carried on with their lives.
At the Dupont Circle farmers market, buyers and sellers sought a Sunday afternoon reprieve. One seller said she was keeping an eye out for any crazies, but described the day as uneventful.
At the Dupont Circle farmers market on Sunday, Abbye Prelip, who traveled to Washington DC to sell vegetables, said she was keeping an eye out for any crazies. But apart from the enormous security presence in downtown, and some delays caused by road closures, the day had been uneventful, even busy.