After Months Of Demonstrations At Nevada’s Capitol, Officials Prepare For Possible Armed Protests Friday, January 15, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
Members of the Battle Born Patriots, a Three Percenter paramilitary group, photographed during a pro-Trump rally in Carson City on Oct. 24, 2020.
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Officials are bracing for a series of armed protests through next week after the violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump extremists. But in Nevada, the planned demonstrations also follow a series of weekly protests by far-right groups.
At right-wing rallies in Carson City, pro-Trump protesters regularly use extreme rhetoric in response to President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. Many of them believe the false narrative that the vote was rigged a baseless claim President Donald Trump has b
By GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER | The Washington Post | Published: January 16, 2021 RICHMOND, Va. The pro-gun signs and flags had all been snapped up from the racks inside Green Top Hunting & Fishing on Friday afternoon. Around Virginia, buses were being plastered with banners and ham radio operators were gearing up to coordinate a potentially massive gun-rights caravan to the state Capitol on Monday. With the FBI warning of the potential for right-wing attacks in capitals around the country this weekend following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, officials are watching anxiously as armed demonstrators prepare to converge on Richmond. There is a lot of [online] chatter about Saturday and Sunday, but we re primarily focused on Monday, Virginia public safety secretary Brian Moran said Friday evening after briefing staffers from the General Assembly. In terms of credible threats - we re monitoring it.
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