Fences around the Capitol began to be removed Friday. (Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford)
A woman bikes past the fenced-off U.S. Capitol. (Washington Post photo by Marvin Joseph)
Published July 11. 2021 12:15AM
Jasmine Hilton and Ellie Silverman, The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - The metal fencing and concrete barriers that encircled the Capitol after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the complex on Jan. 6. gave way Saturday to an open plaza filled with families lounging on picnic blankets, dogs on leashes and visitors in sunglasses and hats.
The sidewalks where soldiers once stood holding their guns in protection of the complex now filled with walkers with strollers and bike riders.
A man who killed his grandmother and a retired police officer during a psychotic episode has been found not guilty of murder because of his mental illness.
Murray Deakin s bloody rampage began on June 1, 2018 when he discovered his motorbike had been moved from the driveway of the Bega house where he lived with his parents.
After asking his grandfather Thomas Winner where his bike was, he stabbed the older man with a pen-knife.
Murray Deakin (pictured) has been found not guilty of the horrific crimes as he could not tell right from wrong due to a psychotic episode caused by schizophrenia
09:58 EDT, 18 January 2021
Having already killed his grandmother and led police on two dangerous pursuits, Murray Deakin snarled when a retired police officer approached him on a country NSW road. Follow the code. you have to follow the code, the expressionless 20-year-old told Michael Mick Horne in June 2018.
He sighed when Mr Horne asked for his name and pulled a claw hammer from his backpack, striking the fleeing 54-year-old in the back of the head.
Melanie Horne witnessed her husband s final moments before Deakin ordered her out of the couple s ute and drove away.
Murray Deakin snarled when a retired police officer approached him on a country NSW road
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