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At Washington’s Capitol Campus, a post-legislative session calm has settled in.
Gone are the State Patrol checkpoints and National Guard troops that were in place for the start of the session in January. A temporary chain-link fence surrounding the domed Legislative Building has also been removed.
Yet, security in the seat of state government is still a top-of-mind issue. So is the safety of elected leaders in these polarized times.
Even before the siege on the U.S. Capitol, things were getting violent in Olympia. On two successive weekends in December, far right and far left protesters clashed and guns were fired. One person was seriously hurt.
Bob Phillips, Author at The Progressive Pulse ncpolicywatch.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ncpolicywatch.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.