On Alert: U.S. Capitol Police Tighten Security Ahead Of Rally Saturday In Support of January 6th Riot Defendants

BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Police volition beryllium connected precocious alert Saturday for the “Justice for J6” rally astatine the U.S. Capitol, and officers from Maryland could beryllium called successful to help. Possibly hundreds of radical are expected to stitchery successful enactment of those charged successful the January 6th riot.

USCP Prepared for September 18 Demonstration: https://t.co/OT8FHewII9 pic.twitter.com/iRMz7WlMiO

— U.S. Capitol Police (@CapitolPolice) September 13, 2021

“Last week the Capitol Police Board issued an exigency declaration, which volition spell into effect astir the clip of the objection and let the Department to deputize extracurricular instrumentality enforcement officers arsenic United States Capitol Police Special Officers,” the U.S. Capitol constabulary said successful a statement. “We privation to reassure everyone these are impermanent measures to guarantee everyone’s safety,” said Chief Thomas Manger. “We are highly grateful for the enactment we proceed to person from the section assemblage and our legislature stakeholders arsenic we transportation retired our captious mission.”

Intelligence suggests extremist groups volition beryllium successful attendance.

New cameras, connected indebtedness from the Department of Defense, person been installed astir the Capitol. Security fencing volition besides instrumentality temporarily, but Chief Manager said it volition beryllium taken down soon aft the event.

Michael Greenberger founded the University of Maryland Carey School of Law’s Center for Health and Homeland Security.  “Domestic coercion is simply a precise superior threat. We volition not ever get precocious notice,” helium said.

Greenberger is hopeful things volition not get retired of manus due to the fact that determination is capable precocious notice, and instrumentality enforcement is taking this much earnestly than successful January.

“As a wide matter, instrumentality enforcement and quality agencies person to beryllium connected alert. I bash not spot this Saturday arsenic being of effect due to the fact that the acquisition was learned connected January 6th,” Professor Greenberger told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren.

More than a twelve radical from Maryland person been charged successful the January 6th attack, and galore of those cases are inactive winding their mode done the courts.

They see that of Daniel Egtvedt from Western Maryland who allegedly confronted officers wrong the Capitol that day. They aboriginal threw him retired of the building.

Another Marylander charged successful transportation with the January 6th riot astatine the US Capitol. Daniel Egtvedt is accused of warring repeatedly with officers successful the halls of the Capitol “screaming astatine the apical of his lungs” and shouting “shoot me” astatine police. @wjz pic.twitter.com/osNnHtDAb5

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) February 19, 2021

The FBI raided the location of suspect Elias Costianes successful Baltimore County.

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BREAKING: First connected #WJZ: Federal ailment unsealed against Baltimore County antheral Elias Costianes for alleged information successful Capitol riot; videos amusement him successful Senate elevator and entering Senate chambers @wjz pic.twitter.com/Ew5mKq4L6u

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) March 4, 2021

Matthew Miller is simply a Howard County teen accused of scaling the Capitol draped successful a Maryland flag.

Matthew Miller of Howard County pleaded not blameworthy contiguous to allegations helium rioted astatine the US Capitol and utilized a occurrence extinguisher to onslaught police; justice volition merchandise him if pretrial tin acceptable up GPS monitoring. @wjz pic.twitter.com/Y9mNoyo2uD

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) February 16, 2021

David Blair is accused of attacking an serviceman with a lacrosse instrumentality that had a confederate emblem attached to it.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1371291/download

“They thought it was a escaped pass. Many of them utilized the excuse President Trump was cheering america on,” Greenberger told Hellgren. “Many thought they got a get-out-of-jail-free card, but the prosecutions amusement determination are consequences.”

Greenberger fears, adjacent though instrumentality enforcement is amended prepared, the menace America faces from home coercion is connected the rise.

“There are a batch of radical successful the state who are aggravated implicit assorted things, and if they’re not watched carefully, they tin contiguous precise superior problems. January 6th was an illustration of that,” helium said.

U.S. Capitol Police arrested a antheral from California Monday who had a bayonet and machete successful his motortruck — which was painted with achromatic supremacist symbols, including swastikas — adjacent the Democratic National Committee office aboriginal Monday morning.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-with-bayonet-knives-in-truck-arrested-near-dnc-headquarters/

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One Washington, D.C. religion radical is present calling for Airbnbs and hotels to halt taking reservations for Friday and Saturday.