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Black Lives Matter organizers warn supporters to stay away from Capitol and downtown around Inauguration. Author: Delia Goncalves Updated: 2:36 AM EST January 18, 2021 WASHINGTON — The images of armed National Guards soldiers in DC conjures up some painful memories for many of our black and brown neighbors.  “I literally had an anxiety attack,” said Nee Nee Taylor in a post on Instagram.   Taylor, a direct-action coordinator with Black Lives Matter DC, sa...

National Guard Troops from across the country are being deployed, and on Thursday members of the Florida National Guard were briefed before hitting the road for the nations capital.

KNBN NewsCenter1 January 14, 2021 PIERRE, S.D. — Soldiers and Airmen of the South Dakota National Guard and Air Guard are being called up for a potential deployment to Washington, D.C. An unknown number of personnel are being assembled into a military task force, the purpose of which has not been disclosed at this time. Units statewide are being called, not any one specific company or battalion. Ian Fury, spokesperson for Governor Kristi Noem, did confirm that personnel were being called to s...

UPDATE: President Trump also issued a video from the White House late Wednesday evening.  ***Original post*** President Donald Trump released a statement through the White House Wednesday calling for calm ahead of next weeks inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.  "In light of reports of more demonstrations, I urge that there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind. That is not what I stand for, and it is not what America stands for. I call on ALL Americans to hel...

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Matt Rourke / AP A number of the commonwealth’s state and federal prosecutors are planning to press charges against anyone from Pennsylvania found to have been involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol Wednesday that temporarily disrupted the certification of the nation’s Electoral College votes. At least a dozen people from Pennsylvania have been arrested by DC Metro Police in the wake of the riots. One Schuylkill County man in his 50s is among the four who died according to the Mo...

The move comes as Capitol Police come under criticism for a perceived lack of preparation prior to Wednesdays riot.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — A number of the commonwealth’s state and federal prosecutors are planning to press charges against anyone from Pennsylvania found to have been involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol Wednesday that temporarily disrupted the certification of the nation’s Electoral College votes. AP Photo/Matt Rourke At least a dozen people from Pennsylvania have been arrested by DC Metro Police in the wake of the riots. One Schuylkill County man in his 50s is among the four who ...

That what has happened is that the agreements were expanded. the number of troops has been increased from as many as 5,000 to 6,000. and some are arguing that the troops were never deployed even though the mexicans said they would. this is all pretty complicated stuff. its also further complicated by the fact that there are a lot of doubts about whether the mexicans actually had the capacity to really affect a lot of change on the border even if they do deploy 6,000 troops down to the border wit...

Agency, to make sure that we are there to respond to any needs that our citizens have. as the governor mentioned, one of the highlights last night was panama city. they had lost communication with parts of mexico beach. so early this morning, we had two of our teams and their tactical vehicles link up with local law enforcement and a drive into the mexico beach area. unfortunately, due to the conditions, they had to actually walk the last mile, but they were able to link up with local law enforc...