Law enforcement officers remain on high alert and ask anyone who sees anything suspicious to speak up. In the wake of an FBI memo to law enforcement agencies across the country warning of possible armed protests at all 50 state Capitols, officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New Haven division said they not received any specific and substantiated threat to the state Capitol or other government buildings in our area.
All three agencies said they haven t identified any credible threats in Connecticut, but they are anticipating upwards of 2,000 people possibly heading to the Capitol.
Lightning rod for being threatened : West Hartford official faces backlash for Facebook comment before Capitol protest
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View of West Hartford Town Hall in West Hartford, Conn., on Thursday Jan. 7, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
WEST HARTFORD Republican Town Council member Mary Fay described it as a “benign” comment left on a friend’s Facebook page before the protest that turned violent in Washington.
But following the remark supporting former West Hartford Town Council member Joe Visconti as he prepared to attend the event and a statement released by Mayor Shari Cantor and town council minority leader Lee Gold, Fay said in a council meeting this week she’d become “a lightning rod for being threatened.”