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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The U.S. Capitol Police Chief says helium is monitoring threats made online connected to the Justice for J6 rally. He has contacted the superintendent of the Maryland State Police for assistance with information for the event, which is being held astatine noon connected Saturday.
“Everybody’s got the close to escaped speech. They tin judge what they privation to believe. I’m present to uphold the regularisation of law,” Chief Tom Manger said astatine a quality league Friday afternoon. He besides said Capitol constabulary “would beryllium foolish not to instrumentality earnestly the quality we person astatine our disposal.”
WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren reports that Maryland State Police is providing specially trained troopers “who volition assistance with assemblage control-related duties and stay connected alert for immoderate civilian disturbances. In addition, the Maryland State Police remains successful interaction with instrumentality enforcement officials astir the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, regarding immoderate further assistance that whitethorn beryllium required.
Maryland State Police connection connected providing information assistance to Capitol Police for Justice for J6 rally. @wjz pic.twitter.com/mNKUFFtASo
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) September 17, 2021
There is already a disposable constabulary beingness and fencing has gone up astir the Capitol for the gathering to enactment those who rioted determination connected January 6th. That includes much than a twelve Marylanders charged successful transportation with the insurrection.
"We're not taking immoderate chances," U.S. Capitol Police main says up of "Justice for J6" rally https://t.co/wvwq7eO9CO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 17, 2021
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There volition besides beryllium an accrued information beingness astatine country airports including BWI-Marshall Airport.
Here is the Transportation Security Administration’s connection to WJZ:
“TSA recognizes this arsenic a play of precocious awareness, and we volition beryllium afloat staffed. We volition proceed to enactment with our instrumentality enforcement partners successful the Capital Region to decently code our information posture for the weekend. I judge it is just to accidental that travelers volition announcement accrued instrumentality enforcement and canine beingness on with a mostly higher level of consciousness successful TSA’s intelligence-driven, risk-based attack to proscription security.”
The TSA says aerial passengers whitethorn announcement accrued information arsenic Justice for J6 rally is expected to gully hundreds to US Capitol tomorrow. @wjz pic.twitter.com/IImi3QvNVK
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) September 17, 2021
A Department of Homeland Security quality bulletin said officials are alert of a “small fig of caller online threats of violence” connected to the rally and recovered “online discussions encouraging unit the time before.”
According to that bulletin, societal media users discussed storming the gathering Friday night. Other references to unit included utilizing the rally “to people Jewish institutions, elected officials and wide churches.”
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On January 6th, Maryland played a pivotal relation successful rushing hundreds of authorities troopers and nationalist defender members to the Capitol to assistance successful information efforts.
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