An Inaugural Lockdown Comes at a Price for Washingtonians
The nation’s capital has been secured with checkpoints, tens of thousands of National Guard troops and miles of fencing and barricades, security at the cost of normalcy.
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The nation’s capital has been secured with checkpoints, tens of thousands of National Guard troops and miles of fencing and barricades.
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The nation’s capital has been secured with checkpoints, tens of thousands of National Guard troops and miles of fencing and barricades.CreditCredit.Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Jan. 18, 2021
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Thousands of National Guard troops have arrived in D.C. amid growing security concerns around President-elect Biden's inauguration after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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And not just silence. “On the other side of the aisle, they have members of their conference talking about defunding the police and getting rid of funding for [the Department of Homeland Security] and [Immigration and Customs Enforcement],” Mr. Zeldin said.
The Capitol was evacuated Wednesday as crowds breached the building after the Save America March. The protesters broke windows and fought police, who made 68 arrests. One protester, 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt of San Diego, was fatally shot by an officer. Three others died of medical conditions.
Even so, President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Thursday that Black Lives Matter protesters would have been treated “very, very differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol. We all know that’s true. And it is unacceptable, totally unacceptable.”