#WASH DC PROTESTS LIVE TRIAL#
The vast majority of defendants have been released awaiting trial but about 75 are still in custody, according to court documents.
A Capitol Police officer who had been attacked by protesters died the day after and four police officers who took part in the defense of the Capitol later committed suicide.Īlmost 50 people have so far pleaded guilty to charges related to the violence, nine admitting to committing felonies. 6, one fatally shot by police and three from medical emergencies.
#WASH DC PROTESTS LIVE WINDOWS#
Rioters that day battled police, beating them with sticks and metal barricades, smashed their way through windows into the Capitol building and ran through the halls, sending lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence running for safety.įour people died on Jan. Those claims have been rejected by multiple courts, state election officials and members of Trump's own administration. 6 violence, which followed a speech by Trump at a nearby rally reiterating his false claims that his election loss was the result of widespread fraud. More than 600 people have been charged with taking part in the Jan. "If we don't honor that we don't honor America," said Smith, who was carrying a poster board that said "We Want Trump!" Tony Smith, 40, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, said he had come to voice his support for a fair judicial process for those charged in the breach of the Capitol. Thomas Manger told reporters on Friday there had been threats of violence linked to the rally, some targeting individual members of Congress, and police were bracing to prevent clashes between Trump supporters and opponents. Organizers of the "Justice for J6" rally called for a peaceful event, but U.S. Police on bicycles moved in to break up some of these squabbles.Ĭapitol Police reported four arrests, including a man armed with a handgun spotted in the crowd, though they said it was "not clear why the man was at the demonstration." Officers in riot gear also removed one man from the rally who had a large knife strapped to his hip. While crowds were small, passions rose at times, with sporadic yelling matches breaking out between participants in the rally and counter-demonstrators. "This is about justice and disparate treatment," said Matt Braynard, a rally organizer and supporter of Trump's false claims that his defeat was the result of widespread fraud. Prosecutors and legal experts say the cases are being handled properly. One hundred National Guard troops were on standby.Īs part of an effort by some of Trump's far-right supporters to rewrite the history of the deadly mob assault on the Capitol that was captured in graphic video, speaker after speaker insisted that hundreds of rioters arrested for their actions that day were "political prisoners" who committed no violence. Hundreds of officers patrolled the Capitol grounds and a black eight-foot-high (2.44 m) fence that surrounded the white-domed building for about six months after the attack was reinstalled, reflecting unease about a potential repeat of Jan. It was far fewer than the 700 people organizers had expected and the thousands who brought mayhem to the Capitol on Jan. 6, trying to overturn former President Donald Trump's election defeat.Ībout 100 to 200 protesters showed up, some carrying the flags of the right-wing group Three Percenters over their shoulders. Capitol on Saturday at a sparsely attended rally by supporters of the people who breached the building on Jan. WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Police and media vastly outnumbered protesters around the U.S.
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