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.