Homeland Security Update:Emergency Declared by Capitol Police

The U.S. Capitol Police have declared an emergency for 18 September 2021,the date of the right wing Justice For J6 protest rally near the Capitol.The declaration allows USCP to request aid from its partner agencies,if needed.On Monday,Chief Thomas Manger delivered a briefing to the Congressional leadership in Speaker Nacy Pelosi's office.He said he shared the intelligence they'd been receiving,as well as something about their operational planning.The reinstallation of security fencing around the capitol has been approved by the Capitol Police Board.It will be put up a day or two before the rally and taken down very soon afterwards,if all goes well,Chief Manger said.* About midnight on Monday,the Capitol Police arrested a man-Daniel Craighead,44,of Oceanside,California-who was sitting in his Dodge Dakota pickup truck parked near the Democratic National Committee Headquarters.He said he was "on patrol" and was arrested for possessing illegal weapons including knives,a machete and bayonet,which police found in his truck.He also spouted white supremacist rhetoric,and his truck was covered inside and out with neo-Nazi graffiti such as swastikas.* The USCP is preparing for the possibility of violent clashes at the rally,which is registered for 700 people,and may also be attended by counterprotesters.

Homeland Security Alert:Capitol Fencing Likely To Be Reinstalled

In light of a protest rally scheduled for 18 September 2021 in front of the U.S. Capitol,and the intelligence reports concerning it,security fencing around the Capitol is likely to be reinstalled soon,according to an official source.The rally is set to protest the holding of "poitical prisoners" who participated in the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol,which aimed to halt the Constitutional legislative process of certifying the election of President Joseph R. Biden.More than 600 insurrectionists have been charged,with more than 165 facing serious charges for assaulting police.The charges were at least partly based on video evidence drawn from more than 15,000 hours of footage.This time around,the fencing may have a smaller footprint and not block traffic.It was originally erected in the tense days leading up to President Biden's inauguration on 20 January. The US Capitol Police under Chief Thomas Manger have reportedly been conducting exercises in preparation for the event.In recent days,rhetoric surrounding the rally has become noticeably violent,an internal Capitol Police memo examined by CNN indicated.There is particular agitation over the fatal shooting on January 6 of rioter Ashli Babbitt by Lieutenant Michael Byrd of the Capitol Police,who has been officially cleared of wrongdoing in the incident.Lt.Byrd said he shot Babbitt,who had launched herself through a window of the House chamber,because: She was posing a threat to the House of Representatives.* The Capitol Police Board has the final say about the fencing,but is expected to approve the measure.The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under Chief Robert Contee has also been put on heightened alert for the protest,with all leave being canceled,and other area law enforcement partners have reportedly been recruited to assist,if needed.* Representative Pete Aguilar (D-California) explained that: We're fearful for the Capitol community,everyone around Capitol Hill.* As for Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-California,she thinks that: Clearly there is a better plan,more organisation for this event than the last one...We hope to be very prepared.* Indeed,House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited the congressional leaders to her office for a 13 September full leadership briefing on the protest by Chief Manger. The organiser,former Trump campaign operative Matt Braynard,expects about 500 people to participate in the "Justice for J6 " rally.