In Aberdeen, Md., the police chief’s son declared he had 'stormed the Capitol,' prompting the same kind of reckoning underway in communities across the country. There was fear, fury, lies, conspiracy theories and, before long, a threat of more violence.
A small town seethes after learning one of its own says he joined Capitol s mob
John Woodrow Cox, Hannah Natanson and Julie Tate, The Washington Post
Jan. 15, 2021
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1of6A home along Paradise Road in Aberdeen flies an American flag above a flag for the U.S. Marine Corps and a Trump campaign flag.Photo by Kyle Grantham for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
2of6A large Trump-Pence road sign sits outside Mary Lawson s house on Paradise Road.Photo by Kyle Grantham for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
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4of6John Richardson, president of the Harford County NAACP, stands outside his home in Havre de Grace.Photo by Kyle Grantham for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
In a statement, Aberdeen Police Chief Henry Trabert said he did not know about the Jan. 6 "Save America March" beforehand, nor was he aware of his 24-year-old son’s attendance.