Police and Media Appear to Outnumber ‘Justice for J6’ Protesters on Capitol Hill
District of Columbia | September 19, 2021
Law enforcement officers and members of the media appeared to outnumber protesters during the “Justice for J6” rally in Washington D.C. to support those who were detained by the federal government after the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.
Only a few hundred people attended the event, according to video footage and photos. U.S. Capitol Police confirmed to news outlets that between 400 and 500 people showed up on Saturday.
The protesters were in the midst of numerous officers clad in riot gear along with plainclothes police and law enforcement on bikes and horses.
Several arrests were made by U.S. Capitol Police, the agency said in a Twitter post, after someone spotted “what appeared to be a handgun on a man in the crowd.” A witness told Capitol Police officers, who later detained the suspect, although it isn’t “clear why the man was at the demonstration.”…. (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)