Inauguration Day security live updates: Few protests, sparse crowds in DC on Inauguration Day; state capitols quiet; arrests in Portland
Inauguration Day security live updates: Few protests, sparse crowds in DC on Inauguration Day; state capitols quiet; arrests in Portland John Bacon and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – There were few protesters, sparse crowds and no violence Wednesday as Joe Biden was sworn in as the nation's 46th president against a backdrop of historic security. The inauguration, limited by law enforcement constraints and the coronavirus pandemic, was supplemented by about 25,000 National Guard members who descended on a city already blanketed in state and local law enforc...