A small group of protesters gathered near the Nevada Capitol on Saturday as law enforcement across the nation braced for potential violence in the days leading up to the presidential inauguration.
The scene along Carson City s main drag, though, was largely calm on Saturday afternoon. A handful of Capitol police watched as people stood with signs where protesters had been gathering on a weekly basis since last summer. Some of the participants were armed.
Many more people decided to show their support by driving past the group holding signs out their car window, honking or revving their engine.
Multiple people held signs reading Stop the Steal, referring to the baseless assertion that President Donald Trump won 2020 presidential election. At one point, 10 minutes of a speech given by Trump was blared over a speaker system set up by protesters.
Nevada law enforcement working to ensure security at state Capitol ahead of inauguration Reno-Gazette-Journal 1/15/2021
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Local law enforcement officials are working to ensure security at and around the Nevada Capitol in the days leading up to the presidential inauguration, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.
Authorities have been receiving threats at the state capitol building following the riot at the U.S. Capitol building last week, though Furlong says they aren t much different from threats that his department has been receiving since the beginning of the pandemic.
Carson City’s district attorney said authorities are investigating a threat made against a state judge who dismissed a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump’s campaign seeking to nullify President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral win in Nevada..
Carson City judge who denied Trump campaign lawsuit threatened Reno-Gazette-Journal 1/15/2021 Associated Press, Reno Gazette Journal
CARSON CITY Carson City s district attorney said authorities are investigating a threat made against a state judge who dismissed a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump s campaign seeking to nullify President-elect Joe Biden s electoral win in Nevada.
Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong and District Attorney Jason Woodbury have refused to provide any details about the threat made against District Judge James Todd Russell, the son of a former Nevada Republican governor. The investigation remains active, Woodbury wrote in an email this week to The Associated Press. I expect the investigation to be submitted to my office for a charging decision as soon as it is concluded.