Ahead Of Inauguration Day, Capitol Riots Raise Questions About NYPD's Approach To Black Protesters arrow Pro-Trump extremists breach the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021 Ken Cedeno/UPI/Shutterstock From Washington, D.C. to Washington State, elected officials are bracing for violence this week. They are summoning police and National Guard troops to their newly fortified state houses across the country, as armed demonstrators gather in advance of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. The deployments, however, come amid questions over whether law enforcement can be trusted to restrain the extremists who are loyal to outgoing President Donald Trump. On Monday, two U.S. Army National Guard members with alleged ties to right wing extremist movements were removed from the Biden inauguration security detail, the NY Times reported. This comes after the attack on the U.S. Capitol and the lax response by Capitol Police officers which, for many, underscored the nation’s long history of disparate treatment of Black and white demonstrators by police.