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No more Twitter storms, no more Trump. With the arrival of a new president, Connecticut residents across the political spectrum say they feel an overwhelming sense of relief that a tumultuous era has drawn to a close.
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) With the presidential inauguration less than 24 hours away, police at the Connecticut state Capitol remain on high alert.
While police said they have received no credible threats, the National Guard will remain at the Capitol and Legislative Office Building through President-Elect Joe Bidenâs inauguration.
âI m expecting peace at the Capitol,â said State Capitol Police Luis Cassanova.
The presence on Wednesday wonât match what was seen on Sunday, when hundreds of police and National Guard troops were in place.
âWe had very few protestors show up on Sunday, Iâm hoping we ll get the same response on Wednesday,â Cassanova said.
The Rev. Carl McCluster prayed from the steps of the State Capitol in Hartford on Tuesday, the grounds empty except for a few police officers, National Guard members and green camouflage Humvees.
NORWALK, Conn. Some Norwalk political notes for you:
Rilling on MLK Day: Perform an act of kindness
A Council statement regarding the riot
Religious Freedom Day
A quiet Martin Luther King Day
There are no services Monday to commemorate Martin Luther King Day because of the pandemic, Mayor Harry Rilling said at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting.
He said he had spoken to former State Rep. Bruce Morris (D-140), the Rev. Lindsay Curtis and the Rev. Jeffrey Ingraham.
“They’re hopeful that in the spring, or if necessary in the summer, they will have a fundraising for the Martin Luther King Scholarship Foundation, which is the beneficiary of the Martin Luther King Day citywide ceremonies that we have every year at City Hall,” he said. “So, I would encourage all the Council people and others that Martin Luther King Day, we look at it as a day on not a day off. And a day when we can perform random acts of kindness, in the name and in the legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Lut