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By MISSY RYAN, DAN LAMOTHE AND PAUL SONNE | The Washington Post | Published: January 12, 2021 WASHINGTON — Pentagon leaders must balance an array of threats on state capitols nationwide against the potential for renewed extremist violence in Washington, D.C., as they consider security plans ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, senior officials said Tuesday. Intelligence suggesting the potential for armed riots or attacks on state capitols across the country came into focus as the Defense Department scrambled to ensure an adequate plan for providing National Guard aid for the...

Mayor Schor Calls for National Guard at Capitol I’m sure if you keep up with the news that you have heard about the FBI warnings that more protests are planned in DC and at all state capitol’s in the United States. City Council President Peter Spadafore encouraged Lansing Mayor Andy Schor in a letter, City Pulse reports: “Because we are living in anything but normal times and the jurisdictional quagmire of downtown presents its own challenges, I am asking you to work with the Lansing Police Department, the Michigan State Police, and Ingham County to request from Governor Gretchen Whitme...

AG Dana Nessel: Michigan Capitol remains unsafe, despite ban on open carry of guns Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press First lady Melania Trump urges people to 'stop the violence' after Capitol riots Replay Video UP NEXT Nessel took to Twitter to talk about Capitol security after the FBI issued a bulletin Monday about possible armed protests at state capitols around the U.S. over the next several days, and as Michigan State Police said it was stepping up its visible presence at the Capitol in Lansing. "My job is not to provide state employees and residents or other visitors to our...

Nessel took to Twitter to talk about Capitol security after the FBI issued a bulletin Monday about possible armed protests at state capitols around the U.S. over the next several days, and as Michigan State Police said it was stepping up its visible presence at the Capitol in Lansing. "My job is not to provide state employees and residents or other visitors to our Capitol with a false sense of security, especially given the current state of affairs in Michigan and around the nation," Nessel said." In an about-face Monday that followed a Jan. 6 riot by supporters of President Donald Trump at ...

Lansing mayor wants National Guard at Michigan Capitol for possible armed protests Updated Jan 16, 2021; Posted Jan 12, 2021 Demonstrators stand outside the Capitol in Lansing during the Electoral College vote in Michigan on Monday Dec. 14, 2020. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com Facebook Share Lansing Mayor Andy Schor asked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to deploy the Michigan National Guard to keep the peace during possible armed demonstrations at the state Capitol on Jan. 17 and Jan. 20. Schor, in a Wednesday letter to Whitmer, said last week’s violent riot in Washington D.C. shows state capitals should ...